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Before statehood, Utah was known as the State of Deseret. This territory provided for a three member Supreme Court. In 1850, Utah was admitted to the Union. Section 9 of the legislative act, the Organic Act, that created the state stated, "the judicial power of said territory shall be vested in a Supreme Court, District Court, and Justices of the Peace." According to the Organic Act, the Supreme Court of Utah was to act as an appellate court. Upon changing into a state Supreme Court, the jurisdiction changed. The original jurisdiction covered writs of mandamus, certiorari, prohibition, quo warranto, and habeas corpus. In all other cases, the court had appellate jurisdiction; it was not a trial court.[1]
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