Court Opinion

ID: 9531783
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 04:14:28.780225+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:28:34.807540
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ON DENIAL OF PETITION FOR REHEARING
DONALDSON, Chief Justice.
Plaintiffs-respondents filed a Petition for Rehearing contending that this Court’s opinion failed to take into consideration a stipulation entered into by the parties. Respondents argue that the parties had agreed that additional evidence would be introduced at the district court level, and there*717fore, the decision of this Court, holding that the district court erred in admitting additional evidence and entering findings of fact and conclusions of law, should be reconsidered.
As stated in the Court’s opinion, according to I.C. § 67-5215(f), “a review [of the type involved here] is confined to the record unless there are alleged procedural irregularities before the agency.” Clow v. Board of County Commissioners, 105 Idaho 714, 672 P.2d 1044 (1983). In any case in which no procedural irregularities are alleged, a party may, pursuant to I.C. § 67-5215(e), request a leave of the district court to present additional evidence. However, if the district court grants such a request, the additional evidence must “be taken before the agency." I.C. § 67-5215(e) (emphasis added).
Apparently, it is respondents’ contention that these procedural statutes may be circumvented by an agreement of the parties. We disagree. The general rule is that parties may not, by agreement, “waive or abrogate the requirements of statutes or rules of trial or appellate courts adopted to promote the expeditious and orderly hearing of causes; nor can the parties by stipulation require the court to do something which is not within its power.” 83 C.J.S. Stipulations § 10 a. (1953). See also Smithart v. Sportsman, 614 S.W.2d 320 (Mo.Ct.App.1981) (court not bound by stipulation which provides issue be determined contrary to rules); Stone v. Briggs, 112 Vt. 410, 26 A.2d 828 (1942) (the parties can not by stipulation require the court to do something that is not within its power). Therefore, the Petition for Rehearing is denied.
SHEPARD, BAKES and HUNTLEY, JJ., concur.