Court Opinion

ID: 9509059
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-06 21:42:28.906057+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:07:43.799700
License: Public Domain

Judge GUTIERREZ,
Specially Concurring.
I concur fully with the majority’s analysis in Part II.B of its opinion. I concur with the result the majority reaches in Part II.A; however, I write separately because I would analyze the issue differently. I am not fully convinced that the legislature has unequivocally provided that health districts not be considered state agencies for purposes of attorney fees under I.C. § 12-117. However, even were we to assume that health districts should be considered state agencies for purposes of I.C. § 12-117, I do not believe that the Health District acted unreasonably without a basis in fact or law in this case as appellant suggests. Accordingly, I agree that the district court’s denial of Sunnyside’s attorney fees under I.C. § 12-117 should be affirmed.