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Utah Supreme Court delivers State of the Judiciary: backlog reduced, automation and juvenile caseloads highlighted
Summary
Chief Justice (Justice Hall) and other justices briefed the Senate on progress reducing appellate backlog, expanding automation in courts, plans for co-locating courts to save space, and juvenile caseload growth that may require additional judges; the Senate agreed to print the remarks in the journal.
Justice Hall addressed the Senate at the Committee of the Whole with an annual State of the Judiciary report, praising progress on several fronts while flagging areas needing attention.
Hall reported that the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court had markedly reduced long appellate delays that had once threatened to grow to multi-year backlogs: cases under advisement and those awaiting oral argument were substantially cut from earlier highs. The Court of Appeals schedules oral…
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