Court Opinion

ID: 9846784
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 03:48:21.331102+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:19:49.653572
License: Public Domain

HENRIOD, Justice
(dissenting).
I respectfully disagree, simply because we have nothing before us to decide. The petition asks the court to prevent the City from negotiating for a contract to bail out an alleged failing enterprise in order to keep the buses rolling. I know of nothing this court can do to prevent people, cities or anyone else from negotiating as to terms in a contract about which this court knows nothing. It appears that for us to entertain such a prayer anticipatorily would prevent a meeting of the minds of persons who want to have their minds meet, an eventuality that may or may not be reached.
I do not believe this court should decide cases based on hypothetics, — uncrystal-lized, conjectural and unfirmed on existing paper, — particularly under a petition for an extraordinary writ, traditionally to be employed only sparingly and where there is no other remedy at law. This does not appear to be that case.
People should be allowed to bargain first and litigate later.
CALLISTER, J., concurs in the dissenting opinion of HENRIOD, J.