The hearing last year was held in order for Tesla to point out that, according to the language of the laws, it wasn't illegal to sells its cars in the state of Utah, but instead, only illegal to sell car without a franchise dealership. The automaker spent $3 million building a showroom in the state, and created "Tesla UT" in order to provide a viable workaround to having a "dealership" to support state laws.

Utah Supreme Court officials didn't seem to care about the company's efforts. They voted 5-0 against allowing the Silicon Valley automaker to sells its cars directly to customers at Utah stores. According to Teslarati, Tesla's lawyer, Todd Maron said in the past:

"Our position is we should be able to sell completely directly. I think it's wrong we can sell in China and not in Utah."