106 results for 'court:"Idaho Supreme Court"'.
J. Moeller finds that the trial court properly refused to unseal privileged correspondence between a city attorney and city manager regarding a taxpayer's challenge to city finances. Interdepartmental fund transfers did not violate statute or the state constitution and payments to private entities for golf course maintenance were properly contracted. The taxpayer lacked standing as an individual to challenge the city's provision of water for the golf course. However, the district court erred in finding the taxpayer did not meet the notice requirements of the Tort Claim Act, but since he sued in an individual capacity, the error is moot. Reversed in part.
Court: Idaho Supreme Court, Judge: Moeller, Filed On: July 10, 2023, Case #: 49667, Categories: Government, Privilege
J. Brody finds that the trial court properly dismissed a petition for post-conviction relief as time-barred. Defendant was not entitled to have the one-year post-conviction relief limitations period equitably tolled while he was incarcerated in Texas. He failed to show both that he had diligently pursued his rights and that an extraordinary circumstance prevented his access to Idaho courts. Affirmed.
Court: Idaho Supreme Court, Judge: Brody, Filed On: June 28, 2023, Case #: 49305, Categories: Criminal Procedure, Murder
J. Stegner finds that the trial court properly determined that a trust indenture was drafted in a way that allowed it to supersede the statute that requires court approval for a property sale that presents a clear conflict of interest. However, issues of fact about whether a trustee fulfilled his duties under the trust indenture should have precluded summary judgment. The trial court must determine if the trustee violated his fiduciary duty when he approved the sale of trust property to a corporation of which he was a member. Reversed.
Court: Idaho Supreme Court, Judge: Stegner, Filed On: June 27, 2023, Case #: 49189, Categories: Property, Trusts, Fiduciary Duty
J. Bevan finds that the district court properly relied on the record in a de novo review to hold that the magistrate court misinterpreted a trust. The district court did not conduct a trial de novo on intermediate appeal, as alleged by potential trust beneficiaries. The district also properly reversed the magistrate court, finding that the trust was ambiguous, as the trust clearly outlines its testamentary appointment provisions. Affirmed.
Court: Idaho Supreme Court, Judge: Bevan, Filed On: June 23, 2023, Case #: 49572, Categories: Wills / Probate
J. Brody overrules its previous interpretation in Brewer of the Idaho Industrial Commission's authority to adjudicate disputes over medical exams in workers' compensation cases. Statute does not authorize an employer or surety to suspend an employee's benefits based on a unilateral determination that its scheduling of an independent medical exam was reasonable and that the employee's inability to attend at that time and place was unreasonable. Vacated.
Court: Idaho Supreme Court, Judge: Brody, Filed On: June 23, 2023, Case #: 49511, Categories: Workers' Compensation
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[Substitute.] J. Stegner finds that the district court properly denied defendant's successive post-conviction petition for relief from the death sentence on a murder conviction. He waived his arguments for judicial notice of the entirety of the records from his previous criminal cases as well as his argument that he was wrongly denied a discovery motion. His claims of ineffective assistance at the trial, sentencing and post-conviction phases fail because he did not show that counsel should have raised cumulative error, discovery or other issues. Affirmed.
Court: Idaho Supreme Court, Judge: Stegner, Filed On: June 22, 2023, Case #: 47871, Categories: Death Penalty, Murder
J. Stegner finds that the district court properly granted a city summary judgment on the civil rights claims of two ticketholders who were denied entry to a concert because they carried firearms. The private tenant that rented a city park to hold the concert was entitled to enforce its own rules against the possession of firearms. The ticketholders' Second Amendment rights were not implicated because they were not deprived of a constitutional right by a government actor. And their equal protection claims repeat their failed Second Amendment claims. Affirmed.
Court: Idaho Supreme Court, Judge: Stegner, Filed On: June 22, 2023, Case #: 48975, Categories: Civil Rights, Landlord Tenant, Firearms
J. Stegner finds that the trial court erred in barring an ex-husband's claim that his interest in property jointly owned with his ex-wife was greater than 50%. The couple's divorce proceedings did not result in a final judgment on ownership of the property, so his claim is not subject to issue preclusion or claim preclusion. Joint tenancy is a rebuttable presumption that the ex-husband can overcome with evidence of a greater ownership interest.
Reversed.
Court: Idaho Supreme Court, Judge: Stegner, Filed On: June 15, 2023, Case #: 49605, Categories: Family Law
[Consolidated.] J. Brady finds that the district court improperly granted summary judgment to the manufacturers of a box palletizer that crushed a worker's head and shoulders. The manufacturers are not immune to personal injury claims under the Workers' Compensation Law because they were third parties and not the injured worker's co-employees, a status they argued applied due to the hybrid nature of the transaction through which the injured worker's employer bought the palletizer machine. Reversed.
Court: Idaho Supreme Court, Judge: Brody, Filed On: June 14, 2023, Case #: 49473, Categories: Immunity, Negligence, Workers' Compensation
J. Moeller finds that issues of fact should have stopped the trial court from granting a county summary judgment on a public works contractor's claims for underpayment. The contractor claimed the county's agent had authorized additional work on a road, so the trial court must determine whether the agent had actual or apparent authority to authorize the work. Reversed in part.
Court: Idaho Supreme Court, Judge: Moeller, Filed On: June 13, 2023, Case #: 49373, Categories: Contract
J. Brody finds that the district court properly dismissed a petition for judicial review of a city council approval of a development within a "Residential Ranchette" zoning district. Petitioners failed to show that the approval prejudiced their substantial rights. Affirmed.
Court: Idaho Supreme Court, Judge: Brody, Filed On: June 13, 2023, Case #: 49590, Categories: Administrative Law, Zoning
J. Brody finds that the district court properly upheld an administration hearing officer's rejection of a driver's challenge to the suspension of his driver's license. The 15-minute pretest observation period prior to a DUI blood-alcohol test is discretionary, so the three minutes during which an officer was not watching him did not compromise the test results that showed he was over the limit. Affirmed.
Court: Idaho Supreme Court, Judge: Brody, Filed On: June 9, 2023, Case #: 49298, Categories: Administrative Law, Licensing
J. Zahn finds that the trial court erred in modifying a child custody order instead of addressing the primary ground that a mother sought modification, which was the father's failure to install code-compliant windows in his home. Vacated.
Court: Idaho Supreme Court, Judge: Zahn, Filed On: June 8, 2023, Case #: 50107, Categories: Family Law
J. Bevan finds that a county was properly granted summary judgment on an employee's claim his firing was whistleblower retaliation. The employee did not provide transcripts of the surreptitious recordings he made of conversations with his supervisors. The recordings got him fired but he claimed they showed the wrongdoing that he was trying to stop. He also failed to cite case law or statute in support of his appeal. Affirmed.
Court: Idaho Supreme Court, Judge: Bevan, Filed On: June 7, 2023, Case #: 49694, Categories: Employment
J. Zahn finds that differences between description of assault in a charging document and those given in the jury instructions did not create a fatal variance. Also, defendant was not entitled to an instruction on the offense of discharge of a firearm at another because it is not a lesser-included offense of aggravated assault on a peace officer. Affirmed.
Court: Idaho Supreme Court, Judge: Zahn, Filed On: June 7, 2023, Case #: 48985, Categories: Assault, Jury Instructions
J. Zahn finds the trial court properly dismissed this fraud suit alleging the lawyer’s wife hindered the injured motorcyclist in his efforts to collect on a $5 million judgment arising from the lawyer’s alleged malpractice by his unsuccessful representation in an injury suit. The lawyer moved to Florida after the motorcyclist’s attorney threatened to foreclose on his California home. The lawyer’s wife acted in good faith after he transferred a house to her during divorce proceedings. Her lack of knowledge of the judgment is supported by substantial evidence. The wife established the affirmative defense set out in California Civil Code. Affirmed.
Court: Idaho Supreme Court, Judge: Zahn, Filed On: May 22, 2023, Case #: 49136, Categories: Fraud, Property, Tort