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The Utah Supreme Court heard oral argument on a petition asking the court to vacate a district court ruling that declared parts of the stateincorporation statute unconstitutional and to allow a contested Summit County incorporation election to proceed. Petitioner counsel argued the district court erred under rational-basis review and that voters and proponents would be irreparably harmed if the election is canceled; respondentscounsel said the election is compromised, that affected landowners lack adequate notice or voting rights and that delaying or rerunning the election would be an available remedy. Justices questioned both sides on the Purcell principle, the scope of rational-basis review under Utahlaw, whether the challenge is facial or as-applied, and practical remedies if the court vacates or affirms the lower court.
