The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is appealing to the Utah Supreme Court a recent decision by a 4th District judge granting a motion to put construction of its Heber Valley Utah Temple on hold again.

“The church and Wasatch County prevailed on summary judgment. This court entered its judgment on Sept. 3. Petitioners have appealed from that judgment, and that case is now pending before the Utah Supreme Court,” attorneys for the church wrote in their appeal filed Friday in 4th District Court. “The church is seeking to vacate the stay order via motion in the appeal,” and “out of an abundance of caution, however, the church is filing this separate notice of appeal to protect its rights in case the Utah Supreme Court deems a separate appeal necessary.”

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