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Show DAILY HERALD Sunday, April 30, 2006 me The Provo-Orem Chamber of Commerce invites you to help honor outstanding .Provo Citizensat... | Supreme Court upholds municipal court system ‘An Evening of Achievement | The 18th Annual Senator Reed Snoot Awarde ae When: Thursday, May18, 2006 Where: Provo City Library at Academy Square Time: Dinner would be served promptlyat 7 p.m. - the program will beginat 7:30 p.m. Cost: $25 per person or $200 per table RSVP: To the Provo-Orem Chamber of Commerce: info@thechamber.org or (801) 851-2567 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS the state’s municipal court system — for now. Attorney Mike Martinez had to give serious ration to some of the argumentsraised in the amicus brief,” wrote Justice argued justice courts are uncon- Jill N.Parrish for the court. “It is theoretically possible that a justice court judge may stitutional, and that municipal judges can't be impartial when they are hired and fired by the cities and counties they serve. Municipal courts handle class Band C misdemeanors,includ- CHAMBER OF COMMERCE to generate revenue for his municipal employer,” they added, “or that a municipal government may exercise such control nance violations, small-claims cases andinfractions. overits justice court thatit violates fundamentalpriinciples of Ina unanimous ruling issued Friday,the high court said it couldn't fully consider the constitutional attack due to “completely deficient briefing and lack of evidence” from Martinez. He sepatation of powers. But a successful challenge will require “specific evidence appealing his convictions for wrote the defense association's brief, said his group contends the primary motivation to start justice courtsis a financial one. represented a West Jordan man driving without insurance and failure to appear in court. But the justices madeclear and cogentlegal argument,” the opinion said. Attorney Kent Hart, who the issueisn’t dead, while com- “This opinion is as much mending a brief filed by the directed at the legislatureas it Defense Attorneys. is directed at the justice courts themselves,”he said. Utah Association of Criminal HuntsmanCorp. reports $69M profit in first quarter DoiluSHerald SALT LAKE CITY — Huntsman Corp., the nation's fifthbiggest chemical manufacturer, reported earning $69 million for the first quarter of 2006. It was the first quarterly profit posted by the company, which has headquartersin Salt Lake City and Houston,sinceit went public in February 2005. Earningsper share were 30 cents. A year ago, Huntsman posted first-quarterloss of $52.4 million, or 43 cents per share. Peter R. Huntsman,president andchief executive, said the results in the first quarter of 2006 werean improvementover the hurricane-affected results in the fourth quarteroflast year. wes wer wre. capes gg eeBese coer OPEN TO THE PUBLIC functions with the necessary impartiality because of pressure ed (specialty chemical) product lines,” he said Friday during a ~ PROVO-OREM wwii compar isiese_ com be unable to exercisehis judicial ing the majority of the state's drunken-driving charges,ordi- THE ASSOCIATEDPRESS Shonsored by: “alee f “Weare not foreclosing future challenges to the validity of the justice court scheme, and in fact, weencouragethe Legislature ca FF 4a (cifLZwe pratt nie “Sales volumes improved across most of our differentiat- conferencecall. Sales for the quarter, how- ever,fell 4.8 percent, to $3.19 billion, the result primarily of a decline in demand for commodity chemicals as energy-related costs rose faster than prices. 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