Court Opinion

ID: 9558692
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 17:15:39.971957+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:09:31.001676
License: Public Domain

Justice SCHROEDER,
concurring in result.
I concur in the result but disagree with the use of the abuse of discretion standard in part IV.A. of the opinion. The district judge relied upon a judicial order entered by a court in the state of Washington in the mandamus proceedings. Subsequently, that order was remanded by the Washington Court of Appeals. The legal landscape changed which meant that the district court in Idaho had relied upon a court determination in Washington that was set aside on appeal. While this undercut the rationale of the district court in Idaho, it was not an abuse of discretion to rely upon the order in the mandamus proceedings in Washington. There was a mistake of law resulting from reliance on the Washington order, but that does not constitute an abuse of discretion.