[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Tooele Depot (UT) lawsuit

[Lenny Siegel]

Grantsville vs. Tooele lawsuit delayed again

by Tim Gillie
Tooele Transcript Bulletin (UT)
January 13, 2009


Legal fees continue to mount as eight-year-old case drags on

An eight-year-old lawsuit filed by the city of Grantsville against the 
city of Tooele over the sale of the Utah Industrial Depot may still take 
months to resolve after the Utah State Supreme Court returned the case 
to the state Court of Appeals.

Meanwhile, the lawsuit continues to rack up expenses for taxpayers of 
both cities.

Tooele has spent $1.45 million defending itself from the 2001 
breach-of-contract lawsuit, in which Stockton City was also a plaintiff, 
according to Glen Caldwell, director of finance for Tooele City. 
Grantsville has spent $947,000 in legal fees on the suit thus far as 
well, according to Jeremy Walker, finance director for Grantsville City. 
Stockton has not spent any money but has agreed to reimburse Grantsville 
out of the proceeds of the suit if they prevail, according to 
Grantsville Mayor Byron Anderson. The agreement was an informal 
arrangement between previous mayors, Anderson said. He is not certain 
how much Stockton would be willing to pay for legal fees in the event 
the courts rule in Tooele’s favor.


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