The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a bid ... Utah’s total land area is under federal control. When Utah became a state, under the “Utah Enabling Act,” it said it would not control the lands ...

Critics of federal oversight argue it limits economic potential, while supporters counter that it safeguards public lands ... Supreme Court on Monday rejected to hear Utah’s bid to gain control ...

Supreme Court Rejects Utah's Push to Wrest Control of Public Land From the ... to more easily transfer or sell off public lands managed by federal agencies. The rules consider public lands to ...

Jan 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a lawsuit by Utah that argued the federal government ... exclusive right to control and dispose of public lands through the Property ...

The US Supreme ... the state of Utah seeking to assert state control over 18.5 million acres of federally owned lands, leaving in place a lower court ruling that upheld federal authority. The decision ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court turned back a push by the state of Utah to wrest control ... lands in red-rock country to the highest bidder, an end to America’s system of federal public ...