{"id":46860,"date":"2014-09-26T09:25:31","date_gmt":"2014-09-26T16:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=46860"},"modified":"2014-09-26T09:25:41","modified_gmt":"2014-09-26T16:25:41","slug":"federal-judge-throws-out-alta-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=46860","title":{"rendered":"Federal Judge Throws Out Alta Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/alta_skiers.jpeg\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/alta_skiers.jpeg','popup','width=636,height=458,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/alta_skiers-tm.jpg\" height=\"309\" width=\"430\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"Alta Skiers\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>U.S. District Judge <strong>Dee Benson<\/strong> has reportedly dismissed a Utah lawsuit brought by snowboards (<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/wasatchequality.org\">Wasatch Equality<\/a><\/strong>) that claimed they have been discriminated against at <strong>Alta Ski Resort<\/strong>, according to a story in the <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/sltrib\/news\/58447411-78\/alta-snowboarders-resort-ski.html.csp\">Salt Lake City Tribune<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Benson wrote in a 30-page opinion that federal court was not the right arena for the snowboarders to argue they should be allowed on the Utah resort\u2019s famed runs such as Baldy Chutes. . . &#8220;There are many forums plaintiffs can resort to in an attempt to accomplish their goal of snowboarding down the Baldy Chutes at Alta,&#8221; Benson wrote in his decision. &#8220;Seeking an injunction from this court is not one of them.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Seems like a nice way for the judge to get out of making a decision, doesn&#8217;t it? The attorney who filed the lawsuit, <strong>Jon Schofield<\/strong>, say he and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/wasatchequality.org\">his clients<\/a><\/strong> are evaluating a possible appeal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[Link: <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/sltrib\/news\/58447411-78\/alta-snowboarders-resort-ski.html.csp\">SLC Tribune<\/a><\/strong><strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. District Judge Dee Benson has reportedly dismissed a Utah lawsuit brought by snowboards (Wasatch Equality) that claimed they have been discriminated against at Alta Ski Resort, according to a story in the Salt Lake City Tribune. Benson wrote in a 30-page opinion that federal court was not the right arena for the snowboarders to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,4,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46860"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46860"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46861,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46860\/revisions\/46861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}