Utah Supreme Court, 1989

Diversified Equities, Inc. v. American Savings & Loan Ass'n

Diversified Equities, Inc. v. American Savings & Loan Ass'n
Utah Supreme Court · Decided July 12, 1989 · Hall, Howe, Stewart, Durham, Zimmerman
779 P.2d 634; 112 Utah Adv. Rep. 25; 1989 Utah LEXIS 74; 1989 WL 77527 (Pacific Reporter, Second Series)

Diversified Equities, Inc. v. American Savings & Loan Ass'n

Opinion of the Court

HALL, Chief Justice:

Having heard oral arguments and having further reviewed the record and the briefs on file, it appears that certiorari was improvidently granted. The case is therefore dismissed.

STEWART, DURHAM and ZIMMERMAN, JJ., concur.

Dissenting Opinion

HOWE, Associate Chief Justice

(dissenting):

I dissent. I do not join in dismissing the writ of certiorari. No valid reason exists for doing so, and the majority expresses none. In Israel Pagan Estate v. Capitol Thrift and Loan, 771 P.2d 1032 (Utah 1989) (Howe, Assoc. C.J., dissenting), I set out the conditions under which the United States Supreme Court dismisses writs of certiorari as having been improvidently granted and suggested that we follow its practice. None of those conditions exist here, and I decry the wasteful use of time and money of the parties, their lawyers, and this Court which dismissal promotes. I refer the reader to that opinion for a full expression of my views on this practice.

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