Peters v. Pine Meadow Ranch Home Association
Utah Supreme Court
151 P.3d 962 (2007)
Relevant factsFree
After the court of appeals ruled against Paul Peters (plaintiff) in a civil action involving Pine Meadow Ranch Home Association (defendant), and made a factual mistake about who had signed a plat, Peters's attorney, in a certiorari brief, accused the appellate panel of fabricating evidence and acting with improper motives, without offering any supporting evidence for either claim.
IssueFree
Whether lawyers are prohibited from making public statements about a judge's integrity that they know to be false or make with reckless disregard for the statements' truth or falsity.