Perez v. South Jordan City

Justice LEE,

opinion of the Court:

{1 South Jordan City dismissed Brett Perez from his position as a city police officer. He appealed to the South Jordan City Appeal Board, which affirmed his dismissal. Perez then appealed the Board's decision to the Utah Court of Appeals. That court dismissed for lack of jurisdiction, concluding that Perez's petition for review was untimely under Utah Code section 10-8-1106(6).

12 We reverse, under a standard clarifying the nature of "the issuance of [a] final action or order" triggering the thirty-day period for a petition for review under section 1106(6).…