The Supreme Court is turning back a push by the state of Utah to wrest control of vast areas of public land from the federal government.

Utahns should tell their leaders once and for all to stop wasting their time and money on this wild goose chase and embrace ...

According to Chief Justice Matthew Durrant, the judiciary’s role is clear: "Judges must be free to abide by that oath, to ...

Judges “must be free to make decisions driven by the law and the facts and not based on who the litigants are," the Utah ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Utah's lawsuit seeking control of 18.5 million acres of federal land. Why it matters: ...

Utah's public lands lawsuit against the federal government has failed. Praise be. The US Supreme Court told the state, along with the 14 other states that signed onto it, to kick rocks as the nation's ...

Why Utah persists in its quest to privatize its priceless assets of public land is puzzling. Managed by the Bureau of Land Management, these lands are cherished by mountain bikers ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a bid from the state of Utah to seize control of federally owned lands. The court denied the state’s petition, writing in a brief statement: “The motion for ...

“We’re grateful the Supreme Court swiftly rejected the State of Utah’s misguided land grab lawsuit,” Steve Bloch, legal director for the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, said in a statement. “For ...

The United States Supreme Court announced Monday it had declined to hear the case of unsuccessful Republican gubernatorial candidate Phil Lyman that challenged the process used by Utah Gov. Spencer ...

Utah argues that local control would be more ... district courts and eventually work their way up to the U.S. Supreme Court, disputes involving states can start at the nation's highest court ...