WASATCH EQUALITY v. ALTA SKI LIFTS CO.

No. 14-4152.

820 F.3d 381 (2016)

WASATCH EQUALITY, a Utah non-profit corporation; Rick Alden, an individual; Drew Hicken, an individual; Bjorn Leines, an individual; Richard Varga, an individual, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ALTA SKI LIFTS COMPANY, a Utah corporation, d/b/a Alta Ski Area; United States Forest Service, an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture; David Whittekiend, in his official capacity as Forest Service Supervisor in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

April 19, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan R. Schofield , Parr Brown Gee & Loveless, Salt Lake City, UT ( Rachel L. Wertheimer , and Michael S. Anderson , Parr Brown Gee & Loveless, Salt Lake City, UT, with him on the briefs), for Wasatch Equality, Rick Alden, Drew Hicken, Bjorn Leines, Richard Varga, Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Frederick R. Thaler , Ray Quinney & Nebeker, P.C., Salt Lake City, UT ( Robert O. Rice and Calvin R. Winder , Ray Quinney & Nebeker, P.C., Salt Lake City, UT, with him on the briefs), for Alta Ski Lifts Company, Defendant-Appellee.

Jared C. Bennett , Assistant United States Attorney, Salt Lake City, UT ( John W. Huber , United States Attorney, Carlie Christensen , Assistant United States Attorney, Salt Lake City, UT, with him on the briefs), for United States Forest Service; David Whittekiend, Defendants-Appellees.

Before HARTZ, PHILLIPS, and MORITZ, Circuit Judges.


Wasatch Equality and four snowboarders (collectively, Wasatch) brought suit challenging a snowboard ban at Alta Ski Area in Utah. In its complaint, Wasatch alleged the ban unconstitutionally discriminates against snowboarders and denies them equal protection of the law in violation of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to...

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