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fact-bound inquiry in Utah

5 Utah opinions name it 2 courts 2013–2026 2 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Utah courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (3)

CaseFollowedCited
cluster 1292green
· · cited in 2 Utah opinions naming this issue, 2013–2013
2 sentences

2013Though officers are “not require[d] . . . to move at top speed . . . the officer’s overall course of action during a traffic stop, viewed objectively and in its totality, [must be] reasonably directed toward the proper ends of the stop.” Everett, 601 F.3d at 495 (citation omitted) (internal quotation marks omitted). ¶34 The analysis of whether an officer diligently pursued the original purpose of a stop is necessarily a fact-bound inquiry.

2013Though officers are “not require[d] . . . to move at top speed . . . the officer’s overall course of action during a traffic stop, viewed objectively and in its totality, [must be] reasonably directed toward the proper ends of the stop.” Everett, 601 F.3d at 495 (citation omitted) (internal quotation marks omitted). ¶34 The analysis of whether an officer diligently pursued the original purpose of a stop is necessarily a fact-bound inquiry.

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Cordi-Allen v. Conlongreen
ca1 · 2007 · cited in 1 Utah opinions naming this issue, 2026–2026
1 sentence

2026Mo. May 8, 2025) (explaining that the Eighth Circuit’s cases affirming summary judgment on the similarly situated issue do not bar the question from ever going to the jury). ¶51 The plaintiffs accurately cite a First Circuit case addressing a class-of-one claim for the proposition that “the ultimate determination as to whether parties are similarly situated is a fact- bound inquiry and, as such, is normally grist for the jury’s mill.” Cordi-Allen v. Conlon, 494 F.3d 245, 251 (1st Cir. 2007).

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Jenkins v. Equipment Center, Inc.green
utahctapp · 1994 · cited in 1 Utah opinions naming this issue, 2024–2024
1 sentence

2024Futility “is an equitable defense that, in the first instance, is best addressed to the sense of justice and good conscience of the trial court, to which we accord considerable latitude of discretion.” Richardson v. Hart, 2009 UT App 387, ¶ 21 , 223 P.3d 484 ; see also Jenkins v. Equipment Center, Inc., 869 P.2d 1000, 1003 (Utah Ct. App. 1994) (“The question of whether a tender would have been fruitless is fact-intensive.

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Utah. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (2)

CaseCitedYears
Richardson v. Hart green
utahctapp · 2009
2 sentences

2024Futility “is an equitable defense that, in the first instance, is best addressed to the sense of justice and good conscience of the trial court, to which we accord considerable latitude of discretion.” Richardson v. Hart, 2009 UT App 387, ¶ 21 , 223 P.3d 484 ; see also Jenkins v. Equipment Center, Inc., 869 P.2d 1000, 1003 (Utah Ct. App. 1994) (“The question of whether a tender would have been fruitless is fact-intensive.

2024Futility “is an equitable defense that, in the first instance, is best addressed to the sense of justice and good conscience of the trial court, to which we accord considerable latitude of discretion.” Richardson v. Hart, 2009 UT App 387, ¶ 21 , 223 P.3d 484 ; see also Jenkins v. Equipment Center, Inc., 869 P.2d 1000, 1003 (Utah Ct. App. 1994) (“The question of whether a tender would have been fruitless is fact-intensive.

12024–2024
State v. Simons green
utah · 2013
2 sentences

2017“Though officers are not required to move at top speed” during a lawful detention, “the officer’s overall course of action during a traffic stop, viewed objectively and in its totality, must be reasonably directed toward the proper encls of the stop.” State v. Simons, 2013 UT 3, ¶ 33 , 296 P.3d 721 (brackets,'ellipses, citation, and internal quotation marks,omitted); see also id. ¶ 34.(“The analysis of whether an officer diligently pursued the original purpose of a stop is necessarily a fact-bound inquiry.”). ¶ 22 The record reveals-that the trial court heard uneontroverted evidence about many

2017“Though officers are not required to move at top speed” during a lawful detention, “the officer’s overall course of action during a traffic stop, viewed objectively and in its totality, must be reasonably directed toward the proper encls of the stop.” State v. Simons, 2013 UT 3, ¶ 33 , 296 P.3d 721 (brackets,'ellipses, citation, and internal quotation marks,omitted); see also id. ¶ 34.(“The analysis of whether an officer diligently pursued the original purpose of a stop is necessarily a fact-bound inquiry.”). ¶ 22 The record reveals-that the trial court heard uneontroverted evidence about many

12017–2017

Where else courts name it

CA 15 (2012–2025) UT 5 (2013–2026) CT 4 (2003–2019) AL 2 (2006–2009) TX 2 (1994–1998)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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