University of Utah v. Board of Examiners of State

WORTHEN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment holding that Article X, Section 4 of the Utah Constitution establishes the University as a constitutional corporation free from the control of the Legislature, administrative bodies, commissions and agencies and officers of the State.

*410The action was instituted by the University of Utah, acting through its Board of Regents, against the named defendants alleging that said defendants, pursuant to claimed legislative and constitutional mandate, asserted the legal right to exercise control over and management of the University in…