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 ...

Utah filed its lawsuit against the United States government last August. The state argued that it is deprived of more than one-third of the land within its border, deeming the amount of land managed ...

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 ...

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 ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Utah's petition in a lawsuit staking claim to millions of acres of public lands in the ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a bid from the state of Utah to seize control of federally owned lands. © Isaac Hale, The Deseret News via Associated Press pool ...

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 ...