Opinion ID: 2819741
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: standard of review

Text: ¶12 “On certiorari, we review for correctness the decision of the court of appeals . . . . The correctness of the court of appeals’ decision turns, in part, on whether it accurately reviewed the [district] court’s decision under the appropriate standard of review.” State v. Levin, 2006 UT 50, ¶ 15, 144 P.3d 1096. In other words, in order to determine whether the court of appeals erred in finding that the district court did not abuse its discretion, we must ourselves review the district court’s decision for an abuse of discretion. See Kilpatrick v. Bullough Abatement, Inc., 2008 UT 82, ¶ 23, 199 P.3d 957 (“[D]istrict courts are granted a great deal of deference in selecting discovery sanctions, and we overturn a sanction only in cases evidencing a clear abuse of discretion.”). ¶13 We must also determine whether the court of appeals erred in deciding it could not consider the petitioners’ legal sufficiency arguments because they were unpreserved. This was a decision of law, which we review for correctness. See Arnold v. Grigsby, 2009 UT 88, ¶ 7, 225 P.3d 192 (“We review conclusions of law for correctness, granting the court of appeals’ decision no deference.”).