Case Name: SHOPKO STORES, INC., Petitioner, v. The Honorable Roger S. DUTSON, a Judge in the Second Circuit Court, State of Utah, Weber County, Ogden Department, Respondent
Court: Utah Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Utah
Decision Date: 1995-06-16
Citations: 911 P.2d 980
Docket Number: No. 950216
Parties: SHOPKO STORES, INC., Petitioner, v. The Honorable Roger S. DUTSON, a Judge in the Second Circuit Court, State of Utah, Weber County, Ogden Department, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pacific Reporter 2d
Volume: 911
Pages: 980–981

Head Matter:
SHOPKO STORES, INC., Petitioner, v. The Honorable Roger S. DUTSON, a Judge in the Second Circuit Court, State of Utah, Weber County, Ogden Department, Respondent.
No. 950216.
Supreme Court of Utah.
June 16, 1995.

Opinion:
ORDER
The petition for an extraordinary writ is granted. The respondent is ordered to withdraw its directive issued February 7,1995, to Circuit Court Judges, Commissioner Garner, Margaret Satterthwaite, George Berkley, and Pro Tem Small Claims Judges. This Court finds nothing in section 78-6-1, et seq. of the Utah Code which authorizes the judges of the small claims division of the Circuit Court to refuse to entertain claims for relief meeting the explicit jurisdictional limits spelled out in section 78-6-1 or to decline to award a party successfully asserting such claim the full range of remedies the law otherwise makes available on that claim.
In accordance with the foregoing, the respondents' memorandum decision and order in Shopko Stores, Inc. v. Charles Thompson, Civil No. 950001002CV, dated May 9, 1995, is vacated, and the matter is remanded for further proceeding consistent with this opinion.