SALT LAKE CITY — A lawsuit challenging Gov. Gary Herbert’s COVID-19 health orders has been suddenly dropped.
In a court filing obtained by Fox13Now.com, the lawsuit brought by numerous people against the governor and Utah’s Department of Health was dismissed by a Provo judge.
“The Parties who have appeared, hereby stipulate and do dismiss this action without a court order, with the parties to bear their own costs and attorney’s fees incurred in this action,” their attorney, J. Morgan Philpot, wrote in the filing, which did not state a reason why the lawsuit was being dropped.
Philpot did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment.
The lawsuit cited the state and U.S. Constitution and Book of Mormon (a scripture of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) as authority. Originally, eight people filed the lawsuit but more than a dozen others sought to join them in challenging the governor and the Utah Department of Health’s powers.
Written by BEN WINSLOW, Fox13Now.com.
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