Legal Opinion

Hogs R US v. Town of Fairfield

Utah Supreme Court

Decided April 14, 2009No. 20070872PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PARRISH, Justice:

INTRODUCTION

T1 Appellants seek reversal of the district court's decision declining to issue an extraordinary writ compelling the town of Fairfield to maintain a road located within the town. Because the town does not have a clear legal duty to maintain its roads, we affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

T2 Since its incorporation in late 2004, Fairfield, a small agrarian town located in the south-central section of Cedar Valley in western Utah County, has conducted limited maintenance on the road known as 1600 North Street (the "Road"), which runs through its town limits…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Jenkins v. SwanUtah Supreme Court · 1983
  2. State v. BarrettUtah Supreme Court · 2005
  3. Bowen v. Riverton CityUtah Supreme Court · 1982
  4. Utah Chapter of the Sierra Club v. Utah Air Quality BoardUtah Supreme Court · 2006
  5. Renn v. Utah State Board of PardonsUtah Supreme Court · 1995

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