GRAND COUNTY v. EMERY COUNTY

No. 981551.

969 P.2d 421 (1998)

GRAND COUNTY, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. EMERY COUNTY and the City of Green River, Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Utah.

October 13, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Scott Barrett, Logan, for Grand County.

David A. Blackwell, Castle Dale, for Emery County.

Gerald H. Kinghorn, Paige Bigelow, Salt Lake City, for City of Green River.


DURHAM, Associate Chief Justice:

Emery County and the City of Green River appeal from the district court's order declaring Utah Code Ann. § 17-2-6(2) unconstitutional pursuant to article XI, section 3 of the Utah Constitution, which provides that county boundaries can be altered "only under such conditions as may be prescribed by a general law." The statute in question provides an alternative method for a county to annex...

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