Derek Anderson, the Salt Lake real estate attorney who proposed and sponsored the West Hills township, is appealing Summit County Third District Court Judge Matthew Bates’ decision to rule the incorporation unconstitutional less than a month before Election Day.

Bates issued the ruling last week in response to a property rights lawsuit filed by 10 plaintiffs who are a mixed group of longtime residents in unincorporated Summit County near the proposed West Hills boundaries and second-home owners frustrated with the state’s incorporation procedures. The lawsuit, filed in May, names Anderson and Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson as defendants.

The original West Hills map Anderson created was submitted to the Lieutenant Governor’s Office in 2023, but it failed to meet state requirements for incorpor

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