Salt Lake City, Utah—The Utah Court of Appeals is heading north to Ogden for a special session of the court on Oct. 17 at 9:30 a.m. The court will hear oral arguments at the Second District Courthouse, 2525 Grant Street, in courtroom 2A. The last time the Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in Ogden was Oct. 9, 2002.
“Utah’s two appellate courts—the Court of Appeals and Supreme Court—hear cases primarily in Salt Lake’s Scott M. Matheson Courthouse,” said Presiding Judge Russell W. Bench. “Both courts, however, on occasion will travel to hear cases in other parts of the state to give the public and students an opportunity to see the how the court operates first hand.”
The panel of judges that will preside during oral arguments is comprised of Judge Russell W. Bench, who has served on the Court of Appeals since 1987; Judge James Z. Davis, who has served on the Court of Appeals since 1991; and Judge Carolyn B. McHugh, who has served on the Court of Appeals since 2005.
The Utah Court of Appeals was created in 1987 to handle an increasing load of appellate cases facing the Utah Supreme Court. The court, which consists of seven judges who serve six-year renewable terms, hears appeals primarily from the juvenile and district courts. For more information on the Utah Court of Appeals, go to www.utcourts.gov/courts.