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Chief Justice Hall urges court reorganization and warns of surging caseloads
Summary
In a lengthy address to the House, Chief Justice Hall outlined a package of judicial reorganization bills, projected sharp caseload growth over coming decades, and urged lawmakers to give the judiciary tools to reallocate judges and consolidate fees and facilities.
The Utah judiciary's leadership delivered an extended State of the Judiciary address to the House in Committee of the Whole, setting out a multi-part agenda to modernize court organization and to prepare for projected caseload growth.
Chief Justice Hall described decades of reform that have centralized court administration and improved uniformity across the state. He said those efforts must continue, and he urged passage of the judicial council's legislative package, including a court…
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