Salt Lake City Corp. v. Evans Development Group, LLC

Justice DURHAM,

opinion of the Court:

INTRODUCTION

11 Salt Lake City Corp. (City) used its eminent domain power to condemn land owned by Evans Development Group, LLC (Evans). Rather than using the Evans property for itself, however, the City condemned the property in order to exchange it for another piece of property owned by Rocky Mountain Power. Evans appealed the district court's decision authorizing the City to exercise its eminent domain power for exchange purposes. We conclude that the City did not follow the condemnation procedures required by statute, and thus reverse the district…