Opinion ID: 2632559
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Heading: reconsideration of kawamoto v. fratto

Text: ¶ 16 Utah Code section 78-6-10 provides that [t]he decision of the trial de novo [following a small claims court ruling] may not be appealed unless the [district] court rules on the constitutionality of a statute or ordinance. Utah Code Ann. § 78-6-10(2) (Supp.2004). In Kawamoto v. Fratto, 2000 UT 6, ¶ 1n, 994 P.2d 187.1, 994 P.2d 187, we noted that this provision did not bar a party from seeking extraordinary relief from this court pursuant to rule 65B of the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure even where the constitutionality of a statute or ordinance was not at issue. Although we asked the parties in this case to brief whether we should reconsider our Kawamoto footnote, we decline to address the issue here. Not only does our affirmance of the district court's ruling make such a review unnecessary, but neither of the parties contend that section 78-6-10 should bar Panos's rule 65B petition in this case.