Practice Areas:
- Appellate
- Civil Litigation
- Civil Rights
- Litigation
Education
- Grinnell College, B.A., Philosophy and Religiion, 1965, General Dynamics Award
- University of Texas, Austin School of Law, L.L.B (J.D.), 1968 Order of the Peregrinus
Admissions
- Texas State Bar, 1968
- Utah State Bar, 1969
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas, 1968
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1968
- U.S. District Court, District of Utah, 1969
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 1973
Associations
- Utah State Bar, Real Property Section
- Utah State Bar, Collections Section
Representative Appellate Cases:
- LaMont v. Evjen, 508 P.2d 532 (1973) requiring the holder of a uniform real estate contract to give fair notice prior to a forfeiture.
- NAACP, et al. vs. Boy Scouts of America, U.S. Dist. Ct. Utah (1974) challenging the BSA’s discriminatory requirement that Patrol leaders hold the LDS priesthood at a time when African Americans were ineligible to hold the LDS priesthood. (the doctrine has since been changed)
- Celebrity Club v. Utah Liquor Control Commission, 657 P.2d 1293 (1983) declaring unconstitutional the statute which allowed the Commission to summarily and without cause revoke a required license and disallowed any judicial review.
- Langston v. Mcquarrie, 741 P.2d 554 (Utah Court of Appeals 1987) requiring a refund of amounts paid in the case of rescission of a cattle allotment.
- Hall v. Process Instrument and Control, 890 P.2d 1024 (Utah Supreme Court 1995) defining the limits of the parol evidence rule in contract interpretation.
- Keene v. Bonser, 2005 P.3d (2005 UT App 37) reversing a trial courts determination that Defendant was a cohabitant under the spouse abuse act and giving guidance to the lower courts.