Higgins v. Salt Lake County

Decided May 14, 1993. Michael D. Zimmerman wrote the opinion for the court.

855 P.2d 231 · Cited 182 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Rollins v. Petersen · 813 P.2d 1156
• Beach v. University of Utah · 726 P.2d 413
• Ferree v. State · 784 P.2d 149
• Cooke v. Berlin · 735 P.2d 830
• Estate of Johnson v. Condell Memorial Hospital · 520 N.E.2d 37
• Ledfors v. Emery County School District · 849 P.2d 1162
• Sandy City v. Salt Lake County · 827 P.2d 212
• Sheffield v. Turner · 445 P.2d 367
• Owens Ex Rel. Owens v. Garfield · 784 P.2d 1187
• Hill v. Seattle First National Bank · 827 P.2d 241
• Obray v. Malmberg · 484 P.2d 160
• Perreira v. State · 768 P.2d 1198
• Little v. Utah State Division of Family Services · 667 P.2d 49
• Landes v. Capital City Bank · 795 P.2d 1127
• Hasenei v. United States · 541 F. Supp. 999
• Brady v. Hopper · 570 F. Supp. 1333
• Utah State Coalition of Senior Citizens v. Utah Power & Light Co. · 776 P.2d 632
• Smith v. Batchelor · 832 P.2d 467
• Doe v. Arguelles · 716 P.2d 279
• Maddocks v. Salt Lake City Corp. · 740 P.2d 1337
• Hansen v. Sea Ray Boats, Inc. · 830 P.2d 236
• Madsen v. State · 583 P.2d 92
• Epting v. State · 546 P.2d 242
• Emery v. State · 483 P.2d 1296
• Trapp v. Salt Lake City Corp. · 835 P.2d 161

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• De Baritault Ex Rel. De Baritault v. Salt Lake City Corp. · 913 P.2d 743
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