August 12, 2025
Utah's governor and other state officials won't have to face a challenge by the Ute Indian Tribe accusing them of a racist bidding scheme to prevent a land purchase, a federal judge ruled, finding the tribe failed to provide specific allegations tying them to the supposed conspiracy.
March 25, 2025
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and other state officials are asking a federal court to dismiss a challenge by the Ute Indian Tribe that accuses them of a racist bidding scheme to prevent a land purchase just outside its reservation, arguing that its claims are precluded by federal law.
July 10, 2024
A Native American tribe asked a federal district judge Tuesday to deny a bid by Utah to clarify a June order that dismissed the tribe's racial-bidding scheme claims against several state officials, arguing that the state is using the request as a vehicle to ax all remaining allegations in the tribe's suit.
June 14, 2024
A federal judge dismissed claims against Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, several state officials and its trust lands administration in a tribe's challenge accusing them of spinning a racist bidding scheme to prevent it from winning a land auction to purchase land just outside its reservation.
August 29, 2023
A Utah state agency and several current and former state officials, including Gov. Spencer Cox, want out of a Native American tribe's suit accusing them of spinning a racist and discriminatory bidding scheme to prevent the tribe from winning an auction to purchase land just outside its reservation.
May 05, 2023
The Ute Indian Tribe sued two branches of the Utah state government in federal court on Friday over an allegedly racist and discriminatory bidding scheme to prevent the tribe from winning an auction to purchase land just outside its reservation.