The state’s high court voided the injunction on Friday, ruling that leaders or the “managing or general agent” of the gang were not properly served, and determined that “The district court therefore lacked jurisdiction to enter the injunction.”
“Nobody and their dog could have argued that they didn’t know the gang was being sued,” Weber County Deputy Attorney Branden Miles told ABC affiliate KTVX-TV in Salt Lake City. “But the legal requirements for suing someone requires us to provide a certain kind of notice.”
“We do not view this decision as a set back as to the merits of the injunction, but rather the direction from the courts as to how to serve a criminal gang,” Ogden Police said in a statement.