consiglieri wrote:
The important thing, though, is that Judge Scott already issued an order denying the Committee's motion to dismiss, and it was entered on 1/20/17.
It is a 17-page opinion, and guess what Judge Scott has already ruled at the bottom of page 13?
"Accordingly, whether it is by virtue of BYUPD's performance of a quintessential government function or the explicit statutory authorization that is found in a title governing state institutions of higher educations or POST certification or the functional delegation of Provo City's statutory obligation to provide police services within it municipal boundaries or all of these together, the court concludes that BYUPD is a governmental entity for purposes of GRAMA because it is an agency of the state or a political subdivision established by the government to carry out the public's business of policing."
I’m not a lawyer, but that seems unequivocal.