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COMMON CAUSE OF UTAH v. UTAH PUBLIC SERVICE

Nos. 15685, 15697.

598 P.2d 1312 (1979)

COMMON CAUSE OF UTAH, an Unincorporated Association, et al., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. UTAH PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Utah.

July 11, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Hansen, Atty. Gen., Theodore L. Cannon, Salt Lake County Atty., for Utah Public Service Commission.

Parson, Behle & Latimer, Salt Lake City, for Mountain Fuel Supply Co., intervenor.

James Watt, Denver, James Lee, David Bird, Salt Lake City, for Mountain States Legal Foundation, amicus curiae.

Alan E. Walcher, Robert S. Campbell, Jr., H. Wayne Wadsworth, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and respondent.

CROCKETT, Chief Justice:

In this action the parties seek a determination as to the extent that our "Open and Public Meetings Act"1 requires the defendant Public Service Commission to conduct its affairs in sessions open to the public.

The portions of the Act pertinent to that problem are Section 52-4-1 which states that:

In enacting this chapter, the legislature finds and declares that the state, its agencies and political...

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