Garfield County et al v. Biden et al

  1. August 11, 2023

    Utah Can't Reverse Biden's Monument Decisions, Judge Says

    The state of Utah, its residents and two counties cannot challenge President Joe Biden's restoration of two national monuments in the Beehive State, a Utah federal judge ruled Friday, saying Biden's issuance of the proclamations doing so is not reviewable by a district court.

  2. July 11, 2023

    Judge Will Wait To Weigh Intervention In Utah Monuments Suit

    A Utah federal judge declined to rule on a host of advocacy groups' renewed bids to intervene in litigation challenging the Biden administration's restoration of two national monuments in Utah, but left the door open for the intervenor hopefuls to wade into the case at a later date.

  3. May 09, 2023

    Feds Urge Toss Of Suit Over Utah Monuments' Restoration

    The federal government doubled down on its bid to toss amended litigation challenging President Joe Biden's restoration of two national monuments in Utah, asserting the century-old law that permits such monument designations has congressionally designed guardrails without a role for the court in reviewing presidential proclamations made under the law.

  4. April 17, 2023

    Utahns Fight To Keep Suit Over Monument Expansion Alive

    A group of Utah locals say President Joe Biden trampled on the Antiquities Act when he restored two of the state's national monuments to the size they were before former President Donald Trump shrank their acreage, imploring a Utah federal judge to keep alive their suit contesting the expansion.

  5. April 05, 2023

    Judge Stays Quick Win Bid In Utah Monuments Suit

    A Utah federal judge says the court needs to sort out the United States' sovereign immunity and other "threshold legal issues" before briefing a quick win bid filed by Utah locals in a legal battle contesting President Joe Biden's restoration of the state's Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monument.

  6. March 20, 2023

    Enviros Win Intervention Bid In Utah Monument Suit

    A Utah federal judge allowed a host of conservation groups to back the Biden administration in litigation challenging its restoration of Utah's Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments while denying multiple intervention bids from a dozen other organizations, finding that the conservation coalition's interests encompass those of the rejected intervenors.

  7. March 03, 2023

    Biden Admin. Wants Utah Monument Restoration Suit Tossed

    The federal government urged a district court judge to toss amended litigation brought by the state of Utah and other plaintiffs who allege they were injured by President Joe Biden's decision to re-designate nearly two million acres as national monuments, saying no court has ever invalidated prior designations for violating the Antiquities Act.

  8. January 27, 2023

    Utah, Others Beef Up Challenge To Monument Restoration

    President Joe Biden's decision to redesignate nearly 2 million acres of Utah land as national monuments after former President Donald Trump had stripped the parcels of that status is too disruptive to go forward, impeding mining operations and off-roading activities, Utah and other plaintiffs said in bulked-up allegations.

  9. January 06, 2023

    Feds Ask Judge To Scrap Suits Over Monuments In Utah

    The federal government wants a Utah federal judge to throw out most of a consolidated lawsuit challenging President Joe Biden's decision to restore nearly 2 million acres of land to Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears national monuments that former President Donald Trump had stripped of monument status.

  10. January 04, 2023

    Utah, US Say Green Groups Can't Join Monuments Litigation

    State and U.S. authorities say environmental groups are not entitled to participate in federal litigation over the Biden administration's 2021 decision to restore two Utah national monuments to their original size, arguing that the case is too complicated already.