Garfield County, Utah, et al v. Biden, et al

  1. June 17, 2024

    Feds, Tribes Say It's Too Soon To Reopen Monument Suit

    The federal government, tribes and conservation groups are fighting a bid by Utah and farming associations to lift a more than three-year stay in a challenge to the Bears Ears National Monument, arguing that the state is already involved in litigation that attempts to nullify the presidential proclamation that established it.

  2. February 12, 2024

    Utah Defends Standing In Monument Cases Before 10th Circ.

    The state of Utah has doubled down in urging the Tenth Circuit to reverse a Utah federal judge's decision dismissing the state's challenge of the Biden administration's redesignation of large swaths of land as part of two national monuments, saying its case should have readily survived the motions to dismiss that led to its downfall.

  3. January 10, 2024

    10th Circ. Urged To Keep National Monuments Designation

    Native American tribes and environmental organizations have urged the Tenth Circuit to uphold a lower court decision dismissing Utah and other groups' challenge to President Joe Biden's redesignation of large swaths of the state as part of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments.

  4. December 20, 2023

    Biden Admin Tells 10th Circ. To Uphold Monument Rulings

    The Biden administration is urging the Tenth Circuit to back a pair of lower court rulings finding its two proclamations redesignating large swaths of southern Utah as part of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments do not exceed presidential limits under federal law.

  5. October 31, 2023

    10th Circ. Urged To Reverse Biden's Monument Decisions

    Utah and some residents are asking the Tenth Circuit to revive suits challenging proclamations that redesignated large southern swaths of the Beehive State as parts of the Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears national monuments, saying President Biden exceeded and now aims to "raze" limits of the Antiquities Act of 1906.