Salt Lake City, Utah family law lawyers represented the parties in an International Child Abduction Remedies Act action.


The International Child Abduction Remedies Act (ICARA) is a United States federal law that implements the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. The Hague Convention is an international treaty that establishes procedures for the pro... More...    $0 (07-10-2023 - UT)

Salt Lake City, Utah Lacey and Endangered Species Act violation charges criminal defense lawyer represented Jean-Michel Arrigona, 58, of Midvale, who was charged with unlawfully importing wildlife into the United States and reselling it from the Natur store in Midvale, which he owns. Arrigona admitted that he imported approximately 1,500 wildlife items from 2015 to 2020. He only declared three of ... More...    $0 (05-27-2021 - UT)

¶1 This case comes to us on certification from the United States District Court for the District of Utah. UTAH R. APP. P. 41. The certified questions are as follows:
1. Is the Free Speech Clause of the Utah Constitution self-executing? 2. If question 1 is answered in the affirmative, what are the elements of a claim brought under the clause? 3. Does an employee who receives notice that his or ... More...    $0 (02-05-2018 - UT)

¶1 After leaving an event at Peery’s Egyptian Theater late in the evening on February 16, 2013, Rose Flygare, Marjorie Bell, and a minor child (collectively, Plaintiffs1) were hit by a truck
1. Rose Flygare died during the pendency of this case and her estate was substituted as a plaintiff. Richard and Jennifer Pratt brought this action on behalf of the minor child. For ease of (continued…)More...    $0 (09-13-2017 - UT)

Salt Lake City, UT - Essential Oils Company Sentenced for Lacey Act and Endangered Species Act Violations to Pay $760,000 in Fines, Forfeiture, and Community Service, and to Implement a Comprehensive Compliance Plan

YOUNG LIVING ESSENTIAL OILS, L.C., (the Company), headquartered in Lehi, Utah, pleaded guilty in federal court to federal misdemeanor charges regarding its illegal trafficking... More...    $760000 (09-19-2017 - UT)

¶1 This case, like Nevares v. M.L.S., 2015 UT 34, presents ques-tions concerning the applicability and constitutionality of Utah Code section 78B-6-111. That provision forbids a biological father
1 Associate Chief Justice Nehring acted on this case prior to his retirement.
IN RE ADOPTION OF J.M.S.
Opinion of the Court
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from challenging an adoption when his child was conceived... More...    $0 (02-06-2015 - UT)

¶1 After police discovered child pornography on Defendant Bradley Fuller‘s computer, he was charged with ten counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, all second-degree felonies. Pursuant to a plea agreement, Mr. Fuller pled guilty to five counts of voyeurism but reserved the right to appeal the trial court‘s order denying his Motion to Suppress. On appeal, he challenges the warrant under the... More...    $0 (07-11-2014 - UT)

¶1 William Bolden is the putative father of a child (J.S.) born in 2011. The case before us on appeal is an adoption proceeding involving John and Jane Doe, the would-be adoptive parents of J.S. Bolden tried to intervene in and object to the Does‘ adoption of J.S. He was barred from doing so because he failed to preserve his legal rights as a father by filing a paternity affidavit within the ti... More...    $0 (11-04-2014 - UT)

¶1 After police discovered child pornography on Defendant Bradley Fuller‘s computer, he was charged with ten counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, all second-degree felonies. Pursuant to a plea agreement, Mr. Fuller pled guilty to five counts of voyeurism but reserved the right to appeal the trial court‘s order denying his Motion to Suppress. On appeal, he challenges the warrant under the... More...    $0 (07-11-2014 - UT)

Kody Brown, Christine Brown, Janelle Brown, Meri Browan and Robyn Sullivan sued Gary Hebert, Jeffrey R. Buhman and Mark Shurtleff on civil rights violation theories under 42 U.S.C. 1983 seeking to prevent them from enforcing Utah's prohibition against co-habitation. The Browns are a polgyamous family that were the subject of TLC's reality series "Sister Wives". They claimed that the phrase "or coh... More...    $0 (12-15-2013 - UT)

One aim of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, Oct. 25, 1980, T.I.A.S. No. 11,670, 1988 WL 411501, is to deter a parent dissatisfied with a current custodial arrangement from wrongfully retaining a minor child outside his or her country of residence while seeking a more favorable arrangement elsewhere. Unfortunately, the Convention did not deter Respondent S... More...    $0 (10-30-2013 - UT)

¶1 Gregory A. Lowrey challenges the Department of Workforce Services Appeals Board’s (the Board) decision that Jacklyn Emmett Johnson’s wages were subject to unemployment insurance contributions. We affirm.

¶2 Lowrey operated a religious entity known as UBU Ministries (UBU), which considered tattooing to be one of its core religious tenets. Either directly or through UBU, Lowrey also ... More...    $0 (07-29-2011 - UT)

Ron Rusakiewicz and Paul Spera, the plaintiffs and appellants in this case, are or were members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW). They distributed fliers at the 2005 VFW convention in Salt Lake City accusing defendant-appellee John Lowe and other officers of the California Department of the organization of fraud in connection with the organization’s membership rolls. Mr... More...    $0 (02-24-2009 - UT)

¶1 Following two incidents in 2002, the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (the “DABCâ€�) found Due South, Inc. (“Due Southâ€�) liable for three statutory violations of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act. Due South appeals. Challenging, among other issues, the definition of “intoxicationâ€� as applied to Utah Code section 32A-12-216 (2001) by the DABC Commission (the “Commissionâ€�)... More...    $0 (10-10-2008 - UT)

¶1 Following two incidents in 2002, the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (the “DABCâ€�) found Due South, Inc. (“Due Southâ€�) liable for three statutory violations of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act. Due South appeals. Challenging, among other issues, the definition of “intoxicationâ€� as applied to Utah Code section 32A-12-216 (2001) by the DABC Commission (the “Commissionâ€�)... More...    $0 (10-10-2008 - UT)

Summum, a religious organization, filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Duchesne City, its mayor, and its city council members (collectively "City") for alleged violations of Summum's First Amendment free speech rights. Summum appeals the District Court's entry of summary judgment in favor of the City with respect to Summum's request for prospective injunctive relief from alleged ongoing vi... More...    $0 (04-20-2007 - UT)

In 1998, Plaintiff Christina Axson-Flynn entered the University of Utah's Actor Training Program (ATP). Axson-Flynn, who is Mormon, refused to say the word "fuck" or take God's name in vain during classroom acting exercises. During Axson-Flynn's first semester in the program, Defendants--all ATP faculty members--told Axson-Flynn to "get over" her refusal to use those words, saying that not usin... More...    $0 (02-04-2004 - UT)

To propel a breast imaging technology from its development stage to the marketplace, Computerized Thermal Imaging, Inc. (CTI) sold stock in the venture, applied to the NASDAQ Stock Exchange for a national listing, and sought FDA pre-market approval. Bloomberg News reported the activity, fomenting the underlying lawsuit for libel. CTI now appeals the dismissal of that action, contending the distric... More...    $0 (11-27-2002 - UT)

Plaintiffs brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 challenging on First Amendment grounds the prohibition of expressive activity by Salt Lake City on a public pedestrian easement retained by the City after the sale of a portion of a downtown public street to a religious organization. The district court granted summary judgment to defendant. First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake v. Salt Lake City ... More...    $0 (10-25-2002 - UT)

1 This case addresses whether Utah Code Ann. § 63-30-2(4)(a) (Supp. 2000) violates article I, section 11, the "open courts" clause, of the Utah Constitution. The district court held that Fairview City (the City) is immune from suit for its alleged negligence under the Utah Governmental Immunity Act, Utah Code Ann. §§ 63-30-1 to -38 (1997 & Supp. 2000).(1) We hold that the 1987 amendment, declaring... More...    $0 (08-13-2002 - UT)

2 "We view the facts in the light most favorable to the jury verdict and recite them accordingly." Gorostieta v. Parkinson, 2000 UT 99, 2, 17 P.3d 1110 (citation omitted). The R.T. Nielson Company ("RTNC") entered into an agreement with Merrill Cook, both personally and as a representative of the Merrill Cook for Congress Committee, in March 1996. The parties reduced their agreement to a writing ... More...    $370272 (01-25-2002 - UT)