Opinion

Celebrity Club, Inc. v. Utah Liquor Control Commission

  • 602 P.2d 689
  • 1979 Utah LEXIS 940
Court
Utah Supreme Court
Filed
Oct 22, 1979
Status
Published
Author
Wilkins
On the bench
Maughan, Crockett, Wilkins, Hall, Stewart

How later courts described this case

  • setting forth a breakdown of the essential elements of estoppel
  • if necessary to prevent manifest injustice and will not impair the exercise of governmental powers

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

WILKINS, Justice

(concurring with reservation):

I concur with reservation.

I believe petitioner should prevail and thereby not be denied a license in this case. And I concur in the reasoning and authorities of the majority opinion for this result which pertain to the Commission’s being estopped from denying a license in this unusual case.

I respectfully suggest though that other stated grounds in the majority opinion for the Court’s conclusion are not necessary, the doctrine of estoppel being completely dispositive herein.

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