Environmentalists’ Right to Join Suit Ducks SCOTUS Review (1)

Jan. 25, 2021, 2:37 PM UTCUpdated: Jan. 25, 2021, 2:57 PM UTC

The U.S. Supreme Court won’t take up the Trump administration’s bid to block environmentalists from a closely watched public lands clash in Utah.

The justices on Monday denied the government’s petition for review in United States v. Kane County and a related petition in a dispute with broader ramifications for the rights of businesses and groups to intervene in federal litigation.

The case involves the Utah county’s long-running legal effort to assert property rights to dirt roads across parts of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance moved to intervene in the case, arguing that Kane County’s ...

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