First Amendment fights in Utah, tracked case by case. New decisions, filings, and analysis.https://1adocket.org/https://1adocket.org/blog/vexatious-petition-denied/https://1adocket.org/blog/vexatious-petition-denied/The office argued four separate people could be declared vexatious as a single combination acting in concert. The director used the bill sponsor's own words to say no, and warned the theory would let agencies punish lawyers for representing clients.Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTVexatious requesterhttps://1adocket.org/cases/lgo-v-clara/https://1adocket.org/cases/lgo-v-clara/Government Records Office · No. 2026-153 — Section 209 reaches one respondent at a time; no aggregating separate citizens as a combination acting in concert.Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMTVexatious Requesterhttps://1adocket.org/blog/fee-award-before-aston/https://1adocket.org/blog/fee-award-before-aston/Equality Utah won its motion and asked for $272,000. Judge Kara Pettit gave it $65,450, on reasoning the Supreme Court would adopt the following spring.Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTAnti-SLAPPhttps://1adocket.org/blog/twentyone-days/https://1adocket.org/blog/twentyone-days/Section 78B-25-109 points you to Rule 4. Rule 4 says 30 days. For a UPEPA appeal it is 21, and the reason it ended up there is on the record.Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTAnti-SLAPPhttps://1adocket.org/blog/where-the-phrase-came-from/https://1adocket.org/blog/where-the-phrase-came-from/In 2022, Utah's own press lobby handed the Legislature a phrase. A lawmaker knew immediately what to do with it. Four years later, the one man who voted no is on the receiving end.Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTOriginshttps://1adocket.org/blog/the-committee-that-disappeared/https://1adocket.org/blog/the-committee-that-disappeared/The State Records Committee had seven members, staggered terms, and a seat reserved by statute for the news media. S.B. 277 replaced all of it with a director the governor appoints.Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTRecords accesshttps://1adocket.org/blog/what-the-record-shows/https://1adocket.org/blog/what-the-record-shows/Utah agencies have petitioned to cut off a citizen's records requests seven times. Six have been decided. The record is smaller and stranger than the statute suggests.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTVexatious requesterhttps://1adocket.org/blog/why-this-exists/https://1adocket.org/blog/why-this-exists/In three years the Legislature gave Utahns one of the country's strongest anti-SLAPP laws, created a way for agencies to cut off a citizen's records requests, and replaced the independent records committee with a director the governor appoints. This site tracks all of it.Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTWhy this existshttps://1adocket.org/cases/utah-county-v-allen/https://1adocket.org/cases/utah-county-v-allen/Government Records Office · No. 2026-032 — 435 requests met the standard, but public-interest value and good faith cut 12 months to 6.Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMTVexatious Requesterhttps://1adocket.org/cases/aston-v-chronicle-progress/https://1adocket.org/cases/aston-v-chronicle-progress/Utah Supreme Court · 2026 UT 7, 587 P.3d 981 — Fees reach only work reasonably necessary to prosecute the motion. A $394,000 award reversed.Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMTUPEPAhttps://1adocket.org/cases/jones-smith-v-stembridge/https://1adocket.org/cases/jones-smith-v-stembridge/Utah Third District Court · No. 250908711 — Act held not to reach conduct alleged as stalking; prima facie case found on disputed evidence.Tue, 03 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMTUPEPAhttps://1adocket.org/cases/logan-city-v-eames-2025/https://1adocket.org/cases/logan-city-v-eames-2025/Government Records Office · No. 2025-111 — Renewed filings after the first order lapsed. Twelve months, a second time.Tue, 21 Oct 2025 12:00:00 GMTVexatious Requesterhttps://1adocket.org/cases/mackey-v-krause/https://1adocket.org/cases/mackey-v-krause/Utah Supreme Court · 2025 UT 37, 575 P.3d 1162 — First Utah interpretation. Matter of public concern construed broadly to reach criticism alleging harm to others.Thu, 28 Aug 2025 12:00:00 GMTUPEPAhttps://1adocket.org/cases/maragani-v-equality-utah/https://1adocket.org/cases/maragani-v-equality-utah/Utah Third District Court · Judge Kara Pettit — Statements on a matter of public concern and not defamatory. Fees later awarded.Thu, 24 Apr 2025 12:00:00 GMTUPEPAhttps://1adocket.org/cases/tooele-city-v-sullivan/https://1adocket.org/cases/tooele-city-v-sullivan/State Records Committee · No. 25-01 — 21 requests alone insufficient; granted on threatening communications. Respondent did not appear.Tue, 28 Jan 2025 12:00:00 GMTVexatious Requesterhttps://1adocket.org/cases/u-of-u-v-cooperstein/https://1adocket.org/cases/u-of-u-v-cooperstein/State Records Committee · No. 24-61 — Over 200 requests, but most predated the statute and could not be counted retroactively.Mon, 26 Aug 2024 12:00:00 GMTVexatious Requesterhttps://1adocket.org/cases/robinson-v-winder-newton/https://1adocket.org/cases/robinson-v-winder-newton/Utah Third District Court · No. 220900591 — Third-party claims by a sitting council member against a records requester.Tue, 28 May 2024 12:00:00 GMTUPEPAhttps://1adocket.org/cases/logan-city-v-eames-2024/https://1adocket.org/cases/logan-city-v-eames-2024/State Records Committee · No. 24-22 — More than 500 requests since 2016. Twelve months.Mon, 29 Apr 2024 12:00:00 GMTVexatious Requesterhttps://1adocket.org/cases/treasurer-v-eames/https://1adocket.org/cases/treasurer-v-eames/State Records Committee · No. 23-60 — 43 requests in a year against 8 from the next most frequent requester. Seven months, not the twelve sought.Tue, 28 Nov 2023 12:00:00 GMTVexatious Requester