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Appeals court questions Dustin Hugley's status as an "interested party" and jurisdictional consequences
Summary
In the second oral argument of the session the Court of Appeals pressed whether Dustin Hugley was a party below, whether an "interested party" filing has procedural effect, and whether interlocutory rulings (including contempt findings and arbitration confirmation) preclude relief; Hugley said consolidation and related stalking-injunction proceedings made him a party.
The Utah Court of Appeals continued the day's oral argument with a related appeal involving Dustin Hugley, who is listed in filings as an "interested party." The panel questioned whether Hugley had been properly made a party in the district court and whether the appellate court therefore had jurisdiction to hear his appeal.
Hugley told the court he had been made a party when related stalking-injunction proceedings were consolidated into the litigation and that he had participated in arbitration. "Either I'm a party or I'm not," he told the panel, pressing that the record and consolidation steps gave him party…
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