The Utah Supreme Court will decide if some of the state's largest businesses and retail outlets are entitled to tax relief as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
At a hearing on Wednesday, the state's top court heard an appeal led by the Larry H. Miller Company, which operates its Megaplex Theaters and the Delta Center; the Grand America and Little America hotels; Kohl's Department Stores; Thanksgiving Point; and the operators of a number of malls across Utah.
"I don’t know if we need to decide, for example, is COVID-19 an access interruption," said Justice Jill Pohlman."I think the question is whether it’s a circumstance under the statute.""Governor Herbert said you couldn’t gather in large gatherings, you couldn’t go to places of entertainment, you couldn’t have travel other than emergency travel," he told the Court."Even when the theaters...
"I think the slippery slopes arguments are, the argument there is a policy argument," Runyan replied. "Road construction, vandalism, traffic diversion — those aren’t government orders to shut down a particular business," countered assistant Utah Solicitor General Stanford Purser.
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