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mandate rule in Utah

29 Utah opinions name it 2 courts 1995–2025 6 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 (28)

CaseFollowedCited
Thurston v. Box Elder Countygreen
utah · 1995 · cited in 8 Utah opinions naming this issue, 2009–2025
2 sentences

2025While not cited to by either party, there is a developed body of law in federal courts prescribing how to evaluate alleged violations of the mandate rule, by looking first at whether an appellate court’s directives were general or limited, which then impacts whether the trial court can approach additional proceedings de novo or within prescribed limits.40 We are not invited to, nor do we need to, consider or adopt that body of law today. ¶26 Our existing precedent about reversals without remand instructions, coupled with the unique nature of restitution proceedings, resolves this appeal on nar

2025Without it, considerable inefficiencies would result if parties were free to relitigate after remand issues decided in an earlier ruling of this court.” (cleaned up)); Thurston v. Box Elder Cnty., 892 P.2d 1034, 1038 (Utah 1995) (“[The mandate rule] serves the dual purpose of protecting against the reargument of settled issues and of assuring adherence of lower courts to the decisions of higher courts.”). 33 See 2016 UT App 177 , ¶¶ 37–39, 380 P.3d 60 . 34 Id. ¶ 39. 35 Id. ¶¶ 8, 37. 36 Id. ¶ 37–41; IHC Health Servs., 2008 UT 73, ¶ 34 (“There are three exceptional circumstances in which the law

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IHC Health Services, Inc. v. D & K MANAGEMENT, INC.green
utah · 2008 · cited in 11 Utah opinions naming this issue, 2009–2025
2 sentences

2025They are used to describe the binding effect of a decision in a prior case on a second case.” (cleaned up)). 28 IHC Health Servs., 2008 UT 73, ¶ 26 . 29 Brady v. Park, 2019 UT 16, ¶ 44 , 445 P.3d 395 ; IHC Health Servs., 2008 UT 73, ¶ 27 . 30 IHC Health Servs., 2008 UT 73, ¶ 28 . 9 STATE v. BLAKE Opinion of the Court although the mandate rule is not inflexible.31 The purpose of the rule is to protect against reargument of settled issues and to assure adherence of the trial courts to appellate decisions.32 ¶23 Blake relies on the court of appeals’ decision in State v. MacNeill to assert that th

2025They are used to describe the binding effect of a decision in a prior case on a second case.” (cleaned up)). 28 IHC Health Servs., 2008 UT 73, ¶ 26 . 29 Brady v. Park, 2019 UT 16, ¶ 44 , 445 P.3d 395 ; IHC Health Servs., 2008 UT 73, ¶ 27 . 30 IHC Health Servs., 2008 UT 73, ¶ 28 . 9 STATE v. BLAKE Opinion of the Court although the mandate rule is not inflexible.31 The purpose of the rule is to protect against reargument of settled issues and to assure adherence of the trial courts to appellate decisions.32 ¶23 Blake relies on the court of appeals’ decision in State v. MacNeill to assert that th

411
Herriman Irrigation Co. v. Keelgreen
utah · 1902 · cited in 2 Utah opinions naming this issue, 2016–2016
2 sentences

2016When a trial court judge reviews another trial court judge‘s ruling, the doctrine prevents the second judge from overruling the first.23 There is an exception to this rule, however, that permits the _____________________________________________________________ 19 Gildea v. Guardian Title Co. of Utah, 2001 UT 75, ¶ 9 , 31 P.3d 543 . 20 See Utah Dep’t of Transp. v. Ivers, 2009 UT 56, ¶ 12 , 218 P.3d 583 (―The mandate rule ‗dictates that pronouncements of an appellate court on legal issues in a case become the law of the case and must be followed in subsequent proceedings of that case.‘‖ (emphasi

2016R 21 , Herriman Irrigation Co. v. Keel, 25 Utah 96 , 69 P. 719, 720 (1902) (refusing to apply the law of the case doctrine when in an earlier appeal "the judgment [was] reversed and remanded for a new trial because material findings of fact [were] not supported by the proof, and when at the second trial additional evidence [was] offered and admitted"). 22 .

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Utah Department of Transportation v. Iversgreen
utah · 2009 · cited in 10 Utah opinions naming this issue, 2011–2025
2 sentences

2025They are used to describe the binding effect of a decision in a prior case on a second case.” (cleaned up)). 28 IHC Health Servs., 2008 UT 73, ¶ 26 . 29 Brady v. Park, 2019 UT 16, ¶ 44 , 445 P.3d 395 ; IHC Health Servs., 2008 UT 73, ¶ 27 . 30 IHC Health Servs., 2008 UT 73, ¶ 28 . 9 STATE v. BLAKE Opinion of the Court although the mandate rule is not inflexible.31 The purpose of the rule is to protect against reargument of settled issues and to assure adherence of the trial courts to appellate decisions.32 ¶23 Blake relies on the court of appeals’ decision in State v. MacNeill to assert that th

2025They are used to describe the binding effect of a decision in a prior case on a second case.” (cleaned up)). 28 IHC Health Servs., 2008 UT 73, ¶ 26 . 29 Brady v. Park, 2019 UT 16, ¶ 44 , 445 P.3d 395 ; IHC Health Servs., 2008 UT 73, ¶ 27 . 30 IHC Health Servs., 2008 UT 73, ¶ 28 . 9 STATE v. BLAKE Opinion of the Court although the mandate rule is not inflexible.31 The purpose of the rule is to protect against reargument of settled issues and to assure adherence of the trial courts to appellate decisions.32 ¶23 Blake relies on the court of appeals’ decision in State v. MacNeill to assert that th

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Gildea v. Guardian Title Co. of Utahgreen
utah · 2001 · cited in 7 Utah opinions naming this issue, 2009–2025
2 sentences

2025They are used to describe the binding effect of a decision in a prior case on a second case.” (cleaned up)). 28 IHC Health Servs., 2008 UT 73, ¶ 26 . 29 Brady v. Park, 2019 UT 16, ¶ 44 , 445 P.3d 395 ; IHC Health Servs., 2008 UT 73, ¶ 27 . 30 IHC Health Servs., 2008 UT 73, ¶ 28 . 9 STATE v. BLAKE Opinion of the Court although the mandate rule is not inflexible.31 The purpose of the rule is to protect against reargument of settled issues and to assure adherence of the trial courts to appellate decisions.32 ¶23 Blake relies on the court of appeals’ decision in State v. MacNeill to assert that th

2025They are used to describe the binding effect of a decision in a prior case on a second case.” (cleaned up)). 28 IHC Health Servs., 2008 UT 73, ¶ 26 . 29 Brady v. Park, 2019 UT 16, ¶ 44 , 445 P.3d 395 ; IHC Health Servs., 2008 UT 73, ¶ 27 . 30 IHC Health Servs., 2008 UT 73, ¶ 28 . 9 STATE v. BLAKE Opinion of the Court although the mandate rule is not inflexible.31 The purpose of the rule is to protect against reargument of settled issues and to assure adherence of the trial courts to appellate decisions.32 ¶23 Blake relies on the court of appeals’ decision in State v. MacNeill to assert that th

17
Utah State Bar v. Rasmussengreen
utah · 2013 · cited in 1 Utah opinions naming this issue, 2025–2025
1 sentence

2025While that umbrella covers distinct types of legal problems, each with a separate type of analysis, the doctrine generally provides that, prior to an appeal, parties are bound by the decisions of the trial court made within that case, although the trial court may have discretion to change those decisions until it enters its final judgment.29 ¶22 The “mandate rule,” on the other hand, applies after a case has been appealed.30 Once an appellate court issues its decision, both the appellate court’s pronouncements on legal issues and the prior decisions of the trial court generally become mandator

11
State v. Ogdengreen
utah · 2018 · cited in 1 Utah opinions naming this issue, 2025–2025
2 sentences

2025P. 43. 8 Haik v. Salt Lake City Corp., 2017 UT 14 , ¶ 7, 393 P.3d 285 (reviewing whether res judicata barred a civil action for correctness); Brady v. Park, 2019 UT 16, ¶ 30 , 445 P.3d 395 (reviewing a district court’s holdings regarding the mandate rule for correctness); State v. Lovell, 2005 UT 31, ¶ 13 , 114 P.3d 575 (reviewing an issue of timeliness for correctness). 9 State v. Ogden, 2018 UT 8, ¶ 25 , 416 P.3d 1132 ; State v. Laycock, 2009 UT 53, ¶ 10 , 214 P.3d 104 . 10 Compare State v. Laycock, 2009 UT 53 , ¶¶ 20–24, 214 P.3d 104 (evaluating legal questions about language used in the re

2025P. 43. 8 Haik v. Salt Lake City Corp., 2017 UT 14 , ¶ 7, 393 P.3d 285 (reviewing whether res judicata barred a civil action for correctness); Brady v. Park, 2019 UT 16, ¶ 30 , 445 P.3d 395 (reviewing a district court’s holdings regarding the mandate rule for correctness); State v. Lovell, 2005 UT 31, ¶ 13 , 114 P.3d 575 (reviewing an issue of timeliness for correctness). 9 State v. Ogden, 2018 UT 8, ¶ 25 , 416 P.3d 1132 ; State v. Laycock, 2009 UT 53, ¶ 10 , 214 P.3d 104 . 10 Compare State v. Laycock, 2009 UT 53 , ¶¶ 20–24, 214 P.3d 104 (evaluating legal questions about language used in the re

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State v. Murraygreen
utahctapp · 2023 · cited in 1 Utah opinions naming this issue, 2025–2025
2 sentences

2025P. 43. 8 Haik v. Salt Lake City Corp., 2017 UT 14 , ¶ 7, 393 P.3d 285 (reviewing whether res judicata barred a civil action for correctness); Brady v. Park, 2019 UT 16, ¶ 30 , 445 P.3d 395 (reviewing a district court’s holdings regarding the mandate rule for correctness); State v. Lovell, 2005 UT 31, ¶ 13 , 114 P.3d 575 (reviewing an issue of timeliness for correctness). 9 State v. Ogden, 2018 UT 8, ¶ 25 , 416 P.3d 1132 ; State v. Laycock, 2009 UT 53, ¶ 10 , 214 P.3d 104 . 10 Compare State v. Laycock, 2009 UT 53 , ¶¶ 20–24, 214 P.3d 104 (evaluating legal questions about language used in the re

2025P. 43. 8 Haik v. Salt Lake City Corp., 2017 UT 14 , ¶ 7, 393 P.3d 285 (reviewing whether res judicata barred a civil action for correctness); Brady v. Park, 2019 UT 16, ¶ 30 , 445 P.3d 395 (reviewing a district court’s holdings regarding the mandate rule for correctness); State v. Lovell, 2005 UT 31, ¶ 13 , 114 P.3d 575 (reviewing an issue of timeliness for correctness). 9 State v. Ogden, 2018 UT 8, ¶ 25 , 416 P.3d 1132 ; State v. Laycock, 2009 UT 53, ¶ 10 , 214 P.3d 104 . 10 Compare State v. Laycock, 2009 UT 53 , ¶¶ 20–24, 214 P.3d 104 (evaluating legal questions about language used in the re

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In re Discipline of Rasmussengreen
utah · 2013 · cited in 1 Utah opinions naming this issue, 2025–2025
1 sentence

2025While that umbrella covers distinct types of legal problems, each with a separate type of analysis, the doctrine generally provides that, prior to an appeal, parties are bound by the decisions of the trial court made within that case, although the trial court may have discretion to change those decisions until it enters its final judgment.29 ¶22 The “mandate rule,” on the other hand, applies after a case has been appealed.30 Once an appellate court issues its decision, both the appellate court’s pronouncements on legal issues and the prior decisions of the trial court generally become mandator

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Brady v. Parkgreen
utah · 2019 · cited in 1 Utah opinions naming this issue, 2025–2025
2 sentences

2025P. 43. 8 Haik v. Salt Lake City Corp., 2017 UT 14 , ¶ 7, 393 P.3d 285 (reviewing whether res judicata barred a civil action for correctness); Brady v. Park, 2019 UT 16, ¶ 30 , 445 P.3d 395 (reviewing a district court’s holdings regarding the mandate rule for correctness); State v. Lovell, 2005 UT 31, ¶ 13 , 114 P.3d 575 (reviewing an issue of timeliness for correctness). 9 State v. Ogden, 2018 UT 8, ¶ 25 , 416 P.3d 1132 ; State v. Laycock, 2009 UT 53, ¶ 10 , 214 P.3d 104 . 10 Compare State v. Laycock, 2009 UT 53 , ¶¶ 20–24, 214 P.3d 104 (evaluating legal questions about language used in the re

2025P. 43. 8 Haik v. Salt Lake City Corp., 2017 UT 14 , ¶ 7, 393 P.3d 285 (reviewing whether res judicata barred a civil action for correctness); Brady v. Park, 2019 UT 16, ¶ 30 , 445 P.3d 395 (reviewing a district court’s holdings regarding the mandate rule for correctness); State v. Lovell, 2005 UT 31, ¶ 13 , 114 P.3d 575 (reviewing an issue of timeliness for correctness). 9 State v. Ogden, 2018 UT 8, ¶ 25 , 416 P.3d 1132 ; State v. Laycock, 2009 UT 53, ¶ 10 , 214 P.3d 104 . 10 Compare State v. Laycock, 2009 UT 53 , ¶¶ 20–24, 214 P.3d 104 (evaluating legal questions about language used in the re

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State v. Weeksgreen
utah · 2002 · cited in 1 Utah opinions naming this issue, 2025–2025
2 sentences

2025P. 43. 8 Haik v. Salt Lake City Corp., 2017 UT 14 , ¶ 7, 393 P.3d 285 (reviewing whether res judicata barred a civil action for correctness); Brady v. Park, 2019 UT 16, ¶ 30 , 445 P.3d 395 (reviewing a district court’s holdings regarding the mandate rule for correctness); State v. Lovell, 2005 UT 31, ¶ 13 , 114 P.3d 575 (reviewing an issue of timeliness for correctness). 9 State v. Ogden, 2018 UT 8, ¶ 25 , 416 P.3d 1132 ; State v. Laycock, 2009 UT 53, ¶ 10 , 214 P.3d 104 . 10 Compare State v. Laycock, 2009 UT 53 , ¶¶ 20–24, 214 P.3d 104 (evaluating legal questions about language used in the re

2025P. 43. 8 Haik v. Salt Lake City Corp., 2017 UT 14 , ¶ 7, 393 P.3d 285 (reviewing whether res judicata barred a civil action for correctness); Brady v. Park, 2019 UT 16, ¶ 30 , 445 P.3d 395 (reviewing a district court’s holdings regarding the mandate rule for correctness); State v. Lovell, 2005 UT 31, ¶ 13 , 114 P.3d 575 (reviewing an issue of timeliness for correctness). 9 State v. Ogden, 2018 UT 8, ¶ 25 , 416 P.3d 1132 ; State v. Laycock, 2009 UT 53, ¶ 10 , 214 P.3d 104 . 10 Compare State v. Laycock, 2009 UT 53 , ¶¶ 20–24, 214 P.3d 104 (evaluating legal questions about language used in the re

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State v. Pereagreen
utah · 2013 · cited in 1 Utah opinions naming this issue, 2025–2025
2 sentences

2025P. 43. 8 Haik v. Salt Lake City Corp., 2017 UT 14 , ¶ 7, 393 P.3d 285 (reviewing whether res judicata barred a civil action for correctness); Brady v. Park, 2019 UT 16, ¶ 30 , 445 P.3d 395 (reviewing a district court’s holdings regarding the mandate rule for correctness); State v. Lovell, 2005 UT 31, ¶ 13 , 114 P.3d 575 (reviewing an issue of timeliness for correctness). 9 State v. Ogden, 2018 UT 8, ¶ 25 , 416 P.3d 1132 ; State v. Laycock, 2009 UT 53, ¶ 10 , 214 P.3d 104 . 10 Compare State v. Laycock, 2009 UT 53 , ¶¶ 20–24, 214 P.3d 104 (evaluating legal questions about language used in the re

2025P. 43. 8 Haik v. Salt Lake City Corp., 2017 UT 14 , ¶ 7, 393 P.3d 285 (reviewing whether res judicata barred a civil action for correctness); Brady v. Park, 2019 UT 16, ¶ 30 , 445 P.3d 395 (reviewing a district court’s holdings regarding the mandate rule for correctness); State v. Lovell, 2005 UT 31, ¶ 13 , 114 P.3d 575 (reviewing an issue of timeliness for correctness). 9 State v. Ogden, 2018 UT 8, ¶ 25 , 416 P.3d 1132 ; State v. Laycock, 2009 UT 53, ¶ 10 , 214 P.3d 104 . 10 Compare State v. Laycock, 2009 UT 53 , ¶¶ 20–24, 214 P.3d 104 (evaluating legal questions about language used in the re

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State v. Olivergreen
utahctapp · 2018 · cited in 1 Utah opinions naming this issue, 2019–2019
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State v. MacNeillgreen
utahctapp · 2012 · cited in 1 Utah opinions naming this issue, 2016–2016
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Procter & Gamble Co. v. Haugengreen
ca10 · 2003 · cited in 1 Utah opinions naming this issue, 2016–2016
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State v. O'NEILgreen
utahctapp · 1993 · cited in 1 Utah opinions naming this issue, 2016–2016
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Rawlings v. Rawlingsgreen
utah · 2015 · cited in 1 Utah opinions naming this issue, 2016–2016
11
AMS Salt Industries, Inc. v. Magnesium Corp. of Americagreen
utah · 1997 · cited in 1 Utah opinions naming this issue, 2016–2016
11
Peak Alarm Co. v. Salt Lake City Corp.green
· 2013 · cited in 1 Utah opinions naming this issue, 2016–2016
11
Hammer v. Gibbons and Reed Companygreen
utah · 1973 · cited in 1 Utah opinions naming this issue, 2016–2016
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United States v. Mooregreen
ca10 · 1996 · cited in 1 Utah opinions naming this issue, 2015–2015
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State v. Thomasgreen
utah · 1998 · cited in 1 Utah opinions naming this issue, 2015–2015
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Jordan v. Jordangreen
ariz · 1982 · cited in 1 Utah opinions naming this issue, 2015–2015
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Johnson v. Stategreen
ark · 2006 · cited in 1 Utah opinions naming this issue, 2015–2015
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Gillmor v. Wrightgreen
utah · 1993 · cited in 1 Utah opinions naming this issue, 2013–2013
11
Bair v. Axiom Design, L.L.C.green
utah · 2001 · cited in 1 Utah opinions naming this issue, 2011–2011
11
Municipal Building Authority v. Lowdergreen
utah · 1985 · cited in 1 Utah opinions naming this issue, 2010–2010
11
Petty Et Ux. v. Clarkgreen
utah · 1948 · cited in 1 Utah opinions naming this issue, 1995–1995
11

Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

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Also cited on this issue (39)

CaseCitedYears
Mid-America Pipeline Co. v. Four-Four, Inc. green
utah · 2009
2 sentences

2015"This aspect of [the] law of the case doctrine is frequently referred to as the mandate rule." Id.

2015"Thus, the decisions of an appellate court become the law of the case and cannot be reconsidered on remand." Mid-America Pipeline Co., 2009 UT 43, ¶ 13 , 216 P.3d 352 . 131 However, the mandate rule is subject to an exception "when there has been an intervening change of controlling authority." Gildea, 2001 UT 75, ¶ 9 , 31 P.3d 543 (citation and internal quotation marks omitted).

32015–2018
State v. MacNeill green
utahctapp · 2016
2 sentences

2025Without it, considerable inefficiencies would result if parties were free to relitigate after remand issues decided in an earlier ruling of this court.” (cleaned up)); Thurston v. Box Elder Cnty., 892 P.2d 1034, 1038 (Utah 1995) (“[The mandate rule] serves the dual purpose of protecting against the reargument of settled issues and of assuring adherence of lower courts to the decisions of higher courts.”). 33 See 2016 UT App 177 , ¶¶ 37–39, 380 P.3d 60 . 34 Id. ¶ 39. 35 Id. ¶¶ 8, 37. 36 Id. ¶ 37–41; IHC Health Servs., 2008 UT 73, ¶ 34 (“There are three exceptional circumstances in which the law

2025Without it, considerable inefficiencies would result if parties were free to relitigate after remand issues decided in an earlier ruling of this court.” (cleaned up)); Thurston v. Box Elder Cnty., 892 P.2d 1034, 1038 (Utah 1995) (“[The mandate rule] serves the dual purpose of protecting against the reargument of settled issues and of assuring adherence of lower courts to the decisions of higher courts.”). 33 See 2016 UT App 177 , ¶¶ 37–39, 380 P.3d 60 . 34 Id. ¶ 39. 35 Id. ¶¶ 8, 37. 36 Id. ¶ 37–41; IHC Health Servs., 2008 UT 73, ¶ 34 (“There are three exceptional circumstances in which the law

22019–2025
Wasatch County v. Okelberry neutral
utahctapp · 2015
2 sentences

2024“Under the mandate rule, issues resolved by an appellate court bind the trial court on remand, and generally bind this court should the case return on appeal after remand.” Wasatch County v. Okelberry, 2015 UT App 192, ¶ 30 , 357 P.3d 586 , (cleaned up), cert. denied, 364 P.3d 48 (Utah 2015).

2024“Under the mandate rule, issues resolved by an appellate court bind the trial court on remand, and generally bind this court should the case return on appeal after remand.” Wasatch County v. Okelberry, 2015 UT App 192, ¶ 30 , 357 P.3d 586 , (cleaned up), cert. denied, 364 P.3d 48 (Utah 2015).

22021–2024
Fish v. Fish green
utahctapp · 2016
2 sentences

2020“We review the application of the mandate rule for correctness.” Fish v. Fish, 2016 UT App 125, ¶ 10 , 379 P.3d 890 . 3 ANALYSIS I.

2017See, e.g., Gildea v. Guardian Title Co., 2001 UT 75, ¶ 9 , 31 P.3d 543 (pursuant to the mandate rule, “issues resolved by this court on appeal bind the [district] court on remand”); Fish v. Fish, 2016 UT App 125, ¶ 10 , 379 P.3d 882 (noting that the mandate rule of the law-of-the-case doctrine prevents a district court from reconsidering *649 an issue once it has been raised and actually resolved on appeal). ¶18 We vacate the district court’s ruling and remand the case for further proceedings as appropriate. 1 .

22017–2020
Francis v. State, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources green
utah · 2013
2 sentences

2016Gildea v. Guardian Title Co. of Utah 2001 UT 75, ¶ 9 , 31 P.3d 543 . 20 , See Utah Dep't of Transp. v. Ivers, 2009 UT 56, ¶ 12 , 218 P.3d 583 ('The mandate rule 'dictates that pronouncements of an appellate court on legal issues in a case become the law of the case and must be followed in subsequent proceedings of that case.'" (emphasis added) (citation omitted)); Francis v. State, Utah Div. of Wildlife Res., 2013 UT 65, ¶ 21 , 321 P.3d 1089 ("[A] decision of an appellate court constitutes the law of the case only as to such questions of law as were involved in the judgment. . .." (first alter

2016Gildea v. Guardian Title Co. of Utah 2001 UT 75, ¶ 9 , 31 P.3d 543 . 20 , See Utah Dep't of Transp. v. Ivers, 2009 UT 56, ¶ 12 , 218 P.3d 583 ('The mandate rule 'dictates that pronouncements of an appellate court on legal issues in a case become the law of the case and must be followed in subsequent proceedings of that case.'" (emphasis added) (citation omitted)); Francis v. State, Utah Div. of Wildlife Res., 2013 UT 65, ¶ 21 , 321 P.3d 1089 ("[A] decision of an appellate court constitutes the law of the case only as to such questions of law as were involved in the judgment. . .." (first alter

22016–2016
State v. Mooers and Becker green
utah · 2017
2 sentences

2025Restitution orders are unique components of criminal sentencing.17 The Double Jeopardy Clauses of the U.S. and Utah Constitutions protect defendants from multiple prosecutions or sentences for the same offense, and Utah Code sections 76-1-402 and -403 can extend those protections for different offenses during the same criminal episode.18 Where insufficient evidence is the basis for a reversal of a conviction, the Double Jeopardy Clauses might be a legal barrier prohibiting a second trial based on evidence the prosecutor could have presented at the first trial.19 But where the insufficiency of

2025Restitution orders are unique components of criminal sentencing.17 The Double Jeopardy Clauses of the U.S. and Utah Constitutions protect defendants from multiple prosecutions or sentences for the same offense, and Utah Code sections 76-1-402 and -403 can extend those protections for different offenses during the same criminal episode.18 Where insufficient evidence is the basis for a reversal of a conviction, the Double Jeopardy Clauses might be a legal barrier prohibiting a second trial based on evidence the prosecutor could have presented at the first trial.19 But where the insufficiency of

12025–2025
State v. Chadwick green
utahctapp · 2021
2 sentences

2025P. 43. 8 Haik v. Salt Lake City Corp., 2017 UT 14 , ¶ 7, 393 P.3d 285 (reviewing whether res judicata barred a civil action for correctness); Brady v. Park, 2019 UT 16, ¶ 30 , 445 P.3d 395 (reviewing a district court’s holdings regarding the mandate rule for correctness); State v. Lovell, 2005 UT 31, ¶ 13 , 114 P.3d 575 (reviewing an issue of timeliness for correctness). 9 State v. Ogden, 2018 UT 8, ¶ 25 , 416 P.3d 1132 ; State v. Laycock, 2009 UT 53, ¶ 10 , 214 P.3d 104 . 10 Compare State v. Laycock, 2009 UT 53 , ¶¶ 20–24, 214 P.3d 104 (evaluating legal questions about language used in the re

2025P. 43. 8 Haik v. Salt Lake City Corp., 2017 UT 14 , ¶ 7, 393 P.3d 285 (reviewing whether res judicata barred a civil action for correctness); Brady v. Park, 2019 UT 16, ¶ 30 , 445 P.3d 395 (reviewing a district court’s holdings regarding the mandate rule for correctness); State v. Lovell, 2005 UT 31, ¶ 13 , 114 P.3d 575 (reviewing an issue of timeliness for correctness). 9 State v. Ogden, 2018 UT 8, ¶ 25 , 416 P.3d 1132 ; State v. Laycock, 2009 UT 53, ¶ 10 , 214 P.3d 104 . 10 Compare State v. Laycock, 2009 UT 53 , ¶¶ 20–24, 214 P.3d 104 (evaluating legal questions about language used in the re

12025–2025
Bankers Insurance Comp green
utah · 2017
1 sentence

2025P. 43. 8 Haik v. Salt Lake City Corp., 2017 UT 14 , ¶ 7, 393 P.3d 285 (reviewing whether res judicata barred a civil action for correctness); Brady v. Park, 2019 UT 16, ¶ 30 , 445 P.3d 395 (reviewing a district court’s holdings regarding the mandate rule for correctness); State v. Lovell, 2005 UT 31, ¶ 13 , 114 P.3d 575 (reviewing an issue of timeliness for correctness). 9 State v. Ogden, 2018 UT 8, ¶ 25 , 416 P.3d 1132 ; State v. Laycock, 2009 UT 53, ¶ 10 , 214 P.3d 104 . 10 Compare State v. Laycock, 2009 UT 53 , ¶¶ 20–24, 214 P.3d 104 (evaluating legal questions about language used in the re

12025–2025
State v. Levin green
utah · 2006
2 sentences

2025P. 43. 8 Haik v. Salt Lake City Corp., 2017 UT 14 , ¶ 7, 393 P.3d 285 (reviewing whether res judicata barred a civil action for correctness); Brady v. Park, 2019 UT 16, ¶ 30 , 445 P.3d 395 (reviewing a district court’s holdings regarding the mandate rule for correctness); State v. Lovell, 2005 UT 31, ¶ 13 , 114 P.3d 575 (reviewing an issue of timeliness for correctness). 9 State v. Ogden, 2018 UT 8, ¶ 25 , 416 P.3d 1132 ; State v. Laycock, 2009 UT 53, ¶ 10 , 214 P.3d 104 . 10 Compare State v. Laycock, 2009 UT 53 , ¶¶ 20–24, 214 P.3d 104 (evaluating legal questions about language used in the re

2025P. 43. 8 Haik v. Salt Lake City Corp., 2017 UT 14 , ¶ 7, 393 P.3d 285 (reviewing whether res judicata barred a civil action for correctness); Brady v. Park, 2019 UT 16, ¶ 30 , 445 P.3d 395 (reviewing a district court’s holdings regarding the mandate rule for correctness); State v. Lovell, 2005 UT 31, ¶ 13 , 114 P.3d 575 (reviewing an issue of timeliness for correctness). 9 State v. Ogden, 2018 UT 8, ¶ 25 , 416 P.3d 1132 ; State v. Laycock, 2009 UT 53, ¶ 10 , 214 P.3d 104 . 10 Compare State v. Laycock, 2009 UT 53 , ¶¶ 20–24, 214 P.3d 104 (evaluating legal questions about language used in the re

12025–2025
State v. Blake green
utah · 2025
2 sentences

2025P. 43. 8 Haik v. Salt Lake City Corp., 2017 UT 14 , ¶ 7, 393 P.3d 285 (reviewing whether res judicata barred a civil action for correctness); Brady v. Park, 2019 UT 16, ¶ 30 , 445 P.3d 395 (reviewing a district court’s holdings regarding the mandate rule for correctness); State v. Lovell, 2005 UT 31, ¶ 13 , 114 P.3d 575 (reviewing an issue of timeliness for correctness). 9 State v. Ogden, 2018 UT 8, ¶ 25 , 416 P.3d 1132 ; State v. Laycock, 2009 UT 53, ¶ 10 , 214 P.3d 104 . 10 Compare State v. Laycock, 2009 UT 53 , ¶¶ 20–24, 214 P.3d 104 (evaluating legal questions about language used in the re

2025Without it, considerable inefficiencies would result if parties were free to relitigate after remand issues decided in an earlier ruling of this court.” (cleaned up)); Thurston v. Box Elder Cnty., 892 P.2d 1034, 1038 (Utah 1995) (“[The mandate rule] serves the dual purpose of protecting against the reargument of settled issues and of assuring adherence of lower courts to the decisions of higher courts.”). 33 See 2016 UT App 177 , ¶¶ 37–39, 380 P.3d 60 . 34 Id. ¶ 39. 35 Id. ¶¶ 8, 37. 36 Id. ¶ 37–41; IHC Health Servs., 2008 UT 73, ¶ 34 (“There are three exceptional circumstances in which the law

12025–2025
State v. Lovell green
utah · 2005
2 sentences

2025P. 43. 8 Haik v. Salt Lake City Corp., 2017 UT 14 , ¶ 7, 393 P.3d 285 (reviewing whether res judicata barred a civil action for correctness); Brady v. Park, 2019 UT 16, ¶ 30 , 445 P.3d 395 (reviewing a district court’s holdings regarding the mandate rule for correctness); State v. Lovell, 2005 UT 31, ¶ 13 , 114 P.3d 575 (reviewing an issue of timeliness for correctness). 9 State v. Ogden, 2018 UT 8, ¶ 25 , 416 P.3d 1132 ; State v. Laycock, 2009 UT 53, ¶ 10 , 214 P.3d 104 . 10 Compare State v. Laycock, 2009 UT 53 , ¶¶ 20–24, 214 P.3d 104 (evaluating legal questions about language used in the re

2025P. 43. 8 Haik v. Salt Lake City Corp., 2017 UT 14 , ¶ 7, 393 P.3d 285 (reviewing whether res judicata barred a civil action for correctness); Brady v. Park, 2019 UT 16, ¶ 30 , 445 P.3d 395 (reviewing a district court’s holdings regarding the mandate rule for correctness); State v. Lovell, 2005 UT 31, ¶ 13 , 114 P.3d 575 (reviewing an issue of timeliness for correctness). 9 State v. Ogden, 2018 UT 8, ¶ 25 , 416 P.3d 1132 ; State v. Laycock, 2009 UT 53, ¶ 10 , 214 P.3d 104 . 10 Compare State v. Laycock, 2009 UT 53 , ¶¶ 20–24, 214 P.3d 104 (evaluating legal questions about language used in the re

12025–2025
State v. Laycock green
utah · 2009
2 sentences

2025P. 43. 8 Haik v. Salt Lake City Corp., 2017 UT 14 , ¶ 7, 393 P.3d 285 (reviewing whether res judicata barred a civil action for correctness); Brady v. Park, 2019 UT 16, ¶ 30 , 445 P.3d 395 (reviewing a district court’s holdings regarding the mandate rule for correctness); State v. Lovell, 2005 UT 31, ¶ 13 , 114 P.3d 575 (reviewing an issue of timeliness for correctness). 9 State v. Ogden, 2018 UT 8, ¶ 25 , 416 P.3d 1132 ; State v. Laycock, 2009 UT 53, ¶ 10 , 214 P.3d 104 . 10 Compare State v. Laycock, 2009 UT 53 , ¶¶ 20–24, 214 P.3d 104 (evaluating legal questions about language used in the re

2025P. 43. 8 Haik v. Salt Lake City Corp., 2017 UT 14 , ¶ 7, 393 P.3d 285 (reviewing whether res judicata barred a civil action for correctness); Brady v. Park, 2019 UT 16, ¶ 30 , 445 P.3d 395 (reviewing a district court’s holdings regarding the mandate rule for correctness); State v. Lovell, 2005 UT 31, ¶ 13 , 114 P.3d 575 (reviewing an issue of timeliness for correctness). 9 State v. Ogden, 2018 UT 8, ¶ 25 , 416 P.3d 1132 ; State v. Laycock, 2009 UT 53, ¶ 10 , 214 P.3d 104 . 10 Compare State v. Laycock, 2009 UT 53 , ¶¶ 20–24, 214 P.3d 104 (evaluating legal questions about language used in the re

12025–2025
Salt Lake City v. Mark C. Haik green
utah · 2017
1 sentence

2025P. 43. 8 Haik v. Salt Lake City Corp., 2017 UT 14 , ¶ 7, 393 P.3d 285 (reviewing whether res judicata barred a civil action for correctness); Brady v. Park, 2019 UT 16, ¶ 30 , 445 P.3d 395 (reviewing a district court’s holdings regarding the mandate rule for correctness); State v. Lovell, 2005 UT 31, ¶ 13 , 114 P.3d 575 (reviewing an issue of timeliness for correctness). 9 State v. Ogden, 2018 UT 8, ¶ 25 , 416 P.3d 1132 ; State v. Laycock, 2009 UT 53, ¶ 10 , 214 P.3d 104 . 10 Compare State v. Laycock, 2009 UT 53 , ¶¶ 20–24, 214 P.3d 104 (evaluating legal questions about language used in the re

12025–2025
Hewitt v. General Tire and Rubber Company green
utah · 1956
12024–2024
Morningside Developers, LLC v. Copper Hills Custom Homes, LLC neutral
utahctapp · 2015
2 sentences

2024For the first time in its reply brief, Copper Hills argues that the mandate rule requires us to read our prior opinion as holding that the Savings Statute applies to the 2015 lawsuit, otherwise the distinction between a dismissal with or without prejudice “would not matter” and the prior opinion would be “merely advisory.” See Morningside Devs., LLC v. Copper Hills Custom Homes, LLC, 2015 UT App 99, ¶ 12 , 348 P.3d 726 (holding Copper Hills’ first enforcement action was properly dismissed without prejudice).

2024For the first time in its reply brief, Copper Hills argues that the mandate rule requires us to read our prior opinion as holding that the Savings Statute applies to the 2015 lawsuit, otherwise the distinction between a dismissal with or without prejudice “would not matter” and the prior opinion would be “merely advisory.” See Morningside Devs., LLC v. Copper Hills Custom Homes, LLC, 2015 UT App 99, ¶ 12 , 348 P.3d 726 (holding Copper Hills’ first enforcement action was properly dismissed without prejudice).

12024–2024
State v. Johnson green
utah · 2017
2 sentences

2024There are any number of reasons to reject this argument: the issue is not preserved, see State v. Johnson, 2017 UT 76, ¶ 15 , 416 P.3d 443 ; the argument is raised for the first time in the reply brief, see State v. Lisenbee, 2022 UT App 19 , ¶ 18 n.5, 505 P.3d 523 ; and the issue of whether Copper Hills could file a second action was not discussed in our prior opinion, leaving that question undecided for purposes of the mandate rule, see Department of Transp. v. Ivers, 2009 UT 56, ¶ 12 , 218 P.3d 583 . 20220873-CA 12 2024 UT App 110

2024There are any number of reasons to reject this argument: the issue is not preserved, see State v. Johnson, 2017 UT 76, ¶ 15 , 416 P.3d 443 ; the argument is raised for the first time in the reply brief, see State v. Lisenbee, 2022 UT App 19 , ¶ 18 n.5, 505 P.3d 523 ; and the issue of whether Copper Hills could file a second action was not discussed in our prior opinion, leaving that question undecided for purposes of the mandate rule, see Department of Transp. v. Ivers, 2009 UT 56, ¶ 12 , 218 P.3d 583 . 20220873-CA 12 2024 UT App 110

12024–2024
State v. Lisenbee green
utahctapp · 2022
2 sentences

2024There are any number of reasons to reject this argument: the issue is not preserved, see State v. Johnson, 2017 UT 76, ¶ 15 , 416 P.3d 443 ; the argument is raised for the first time in the reply brief, see State v. Lisenbee, 2022 UT App 19 , ¶ 18 n.5, 505 P.3d 523 ; and the issue of whether Copper Hills could file a second action was not discussed in our prior opinion, leaving that question undecided for purposes of the mandate rule, see Department of Transp. v. Ivers, 2009 UT 56, ¶ 12 , 218 P.3d 583 . 20220873-CA 12 2024 UT App 110

2024There are any number of reasons to reject this argument: the issue is not preserved, see State v. Johnson, 2017 UT 76, ¶ 15 , 416 P.3d 443 ; the argument is raised for the first time in the reply brief, see State v. Lisenbee, 2022 UT App 19 , ¶ 18 n.5, 505 P.3d 523 ; and the issue of whether Copper Hills could file a second action was not discussed in our prior opinion, leaving that question undecided for purposes of the mandate rule, see Department of Transp. v. Ivers, 2009 UT 56, ¶ 12 , 218 P.3d 583 . 20220873-CA 12 2024 UT App 110

12024–2024
Copper Hills Custom Homes v. Griffin green
utahctapp · 2024
2 sentences

2024There are any number of reasons to reject this argument: the issue is not preserved, see State v. Johnson, 2017 UT 76, ¶ 15 , 416 P.3d 443 ; the argument is raised for the first time in the reply brief, see State v. Lisenbee, 2022 UT App 19 , ¶ 18 n.5, 505 P.3d 523 ; and the issue of whether Copper Hills could file a second action was not discussed in our prior opinion, leaving that question undecided for purposes of the mandate rule, see Department of Transp. v. Ivers, 2009 UT 56, ¶ 12 , 218 P.3d 583 . 20220873-CA 12 2024 UT App 110

2024There are any number of reasons to reject this argument: the issue is not preserved, see State v. Johnson, 2017 UT 76, ¶ 15 , 416 P.3d 443 ; the argument is raised for the first time in the reply brief, see State v. Lisenbee, 2022 UT App 19 , ¶ 18 n.5, 505 P.3d 523 ; and the issue of whether Copper Hills could file a second action was not discussed in our prior opinion, leaving that question undecided for purposes of the mandate rule, see Department of Transp. v. Ivers, 2009 UT 56, ¶ 12 , 218 P.3d 583 . 20220873-CA 12 2024 UT App 110

12024–2024
Smith v. Volkswagen Southtowne green
utahctapp · 2024
1 sentence

2024We affirm. 20220957-CA 10 2024 UT App 33

12024–2024
Fisher v. Davidhizar green
utahctapp · 2021
12021–2021
Steffensen v. Office of Prof'l Conduct (In Re Steffensen) green
utah · 2018
12021–2021
Discipline of Brian Steffensen green
utah · 2021
12021–2021
Taft v. Taft green
utahctapp · 2016
12020–2020
State v. Featherston green
utahctapp · 2020
12020–2020
Santobello v. New York green
scotus · 1971
12020–2020
NPEC LLC v. Miller neutral
utahctapp · 2018
12019–2019
Lewis v. Nelson green
utahctapp · 2017
12018–2018
Barnett v. Adams green
utahctapp · 2012
12016–2016
Utah Department of Transportation v. Boggess-Draper Co. green
utahctapp · 2016
12016–2016
Porter v. EB Golf LLC green
utahctapp · 2016
12016–2016
Navajo Nation v. State green
utah · 2012
12016–2016
Manzanares v. Byington green
utah · 2012
12016–2016
Red Flame, Inc. v. Martinez green
utah · 2000
12016–2016
State v. Clopten green
utah · 2015
12015–2015
WASATCH COUNTY v. Okelberry neutral
utahctapp · 2010
12015–2015
Marion Energy, Inc. v. KFJ Ranch Partnership green
utah · 2011
12015–2015
Goebel v. Salt Lake City Southern Railroad green
utah · 2004
12015–2015
Carlton v. Brown green
utah · 2014
12015–2015
Sears v. Ogden City green
utah · 1977
12010–2010

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