Utah Supreme Court

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The Utah Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the state of Utah, responsible for interpreting state law and the Utah Constitution and overseeing the state’s judicial system.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Utah Supreme Court canonical 9
Utah state courts 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf judicial body ⓘ
state supreme court ⓘ
address 450 South State Street, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States ⓘ
appealTo Supreme Court of the United States (on federal questions only) ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Utah ⓘ
branchOfGovernment Judicial branch of the State of Utah ⓘ
building Utah Supreme Court Building ⓘ
composition five justices ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article VIII of the Utah Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Utah Constitution
coordinates 40.7775°N 111.8881°W ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
courtType appellate court ⓘ
constitutional court ⓘ
employer justices of the Utah Supreme Court ⓘ
establishedBy Utah Constitution ⓘ
governs practice of law in Utah ⓘ
handles appeals on questions of state law ⓘ
original jurisdiction in certain cases ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver civil cases in Utah ⓘ
criminal cases in Utah ⓘ
interpretation of Utah statutes ⓘ
interpretation of the Utah Constitution ⓘ
headOfGovernmentBody Chief Justice of the Utah Supreme Court ⓘ
hears petitions for extraordinary writs ⓘ
petitions for writs of certiorari from Utah Court of Appeals ⓘ
highestCourtInJurisdiction Utah ⓘ
interprets Utah Constitution ⓘ
Utah court rules ⓘ
Utah statutory law ⓘ
issues rules of procedure for Utah courts ⓘ
rules of professional conduct for Utah lawyers ⓘ
judicialSelectionSystem merit-based selection ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Salt Lake County, Utah ⓘ
linked to: Salt Lake County

Utah ⓘ
location Salt Lake City, Utah ⓘ
linked to: Salt Lake City
numberOfPositions 5 ⓘ
officialWebsite https://www.utcourts.gov/courts/sup/ ⓘ
oversees Utah state court system ⓘ
partOf Judicial branch of Utah ⓘ
reviews certain decisions of Utah district courts ⓘ
death penalty cases from Utah courts ⓘ
decisions of the Utah Court of Appeals ⓘ
judicial discipline matters in Utah ⓘ
statewide ballot measure challenges in Utah ⓘ
selectionMethod gubernatorial appointment with Senate confirmation ⓘ
sharesBuildingWith Utah Court of Appeals ⓘ
supervises Utah State Bar ⓘ
termLength 10 years (retention election) for justices ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Utah v. Strieff → originatingCourt → Utah Supreme Court ⓘ
Utah criminal justice system → component → Utah state courts ⓘ
linked to: Utah Supreme Court
Utah criminal justice system → component → Utah Supreme Court ⓘ
Government of Utah → judicialBody → Utah Supreme Court ⓘ
George Latimer → employer → Utah Supreme Court ⓘ
Utah Court of Appeals → hasHigherCourt → Utah Supreme Court ⓘ
Utah Court of Appeals → decisionsReviewableBy → Utah Supreme Court ⓘ