Utah Supreme Court weighs whether Rule 65B can block Grantsville annexations in IRTA dispute

The Utah Supreme Court heard oral argument in IRTA Community Association v. Baugh over whether petitioners may use Rule 65B to challenge Grantsville’s annexation of land petitioners say amounts to roughly one‑third of ERDA’s territory and whether other remedies offer an adequate avenue for relief.

Petitioners’ counsel Janet Conway told the court the annexation sequence—notice of intent filed in August 2020, recorder certification in December 2021, a Tooele County Boundary Commission review in May 2022, and a Grantsville ordinance in October 2022—left petitioners with “a genuine urgency … to get relief” because the Lieutenant Governor faces a statutory 10‑day deadline to certify or reject pending boundary notices. Conway argued that, given district courts had dismissed earlier statutory‑standing claims and the time‑sensitive certification window, an extraordinary Rule 65B petition was…