Court Opinion

ID: 9529288
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 03:49:30.743888+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:27:43.751582
License: Public Domain

ZIMMERMAN, Justice,
dissenting:
I dissent. The majority bases its decision in this case not on whether Box Elder County complied with the terms of its personnel manual, but on whether it complied with the provisions of a state statute that is'inconsistent with the county manual, an issue that was not raised by either party-before the trial court, and was not briefed or argued before this court. Moreover, the majority proceeds on this ground without giving either party notice or an opportunity to brief the issue. I cannot join in such a substantial departure from normal appellate procedure.
Considering the matter on the grounds argued by the parties, I would affirm. The county manual does not make consideration of both factors mandatory, nor does it make them the exclusive factors that can be considered. Under these circumstances, I find no triable issue of fact.
HALL, C.J., concurs in the dissenting opinion of ZIMMERMAN, J.