KANE COUNTY, UTAH v. U.S.

Nos. 13-4108, 13-4109, 13-4110.

772 F.3d 1205 (2014)

KANE COUNTY, UTAH, a Utah political subdivision, Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, and The State of Utah, Intervenor Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant. Sierra Club; Grand Canyon Trust; National Parks Conservation Association; Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance; the Wilderness Society, Amici Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

December 2, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shawn T. Welch ( Tamara L. Stevenson and Ryan R. Jibson of Holland & Hart, L.L.P., on the briefs), Salt Lake City, UT, for Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee.

David C. Shilton ( Thomas K. Snodgrass and Romney S. Philpott of United States Department of Justice, Env't & Natural Resources Department; Robert G. Dreher and Sam Hirsch , Acting Assistant Attorney Generals; James E. Karkut and Aaron G. Moody , Of Counsel, U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of the Solicitor; on the briefs), Washington, D.C., for Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

Anthony L. Rampton , Harry H. Souvall , Bridget K. Romano , Assistant Attorneys General, Sean D. Reyes , Utah Attorney General, Salt Lake City, UT, for Intervenor Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee State of Utah.

Heidi J. McIntosh and Alison C. Flint of Earthjustice, Denver, CO, for Amici Curiae Sierra Club.

Stephen H.M. Bloch , David T. Garbett and Joseph J. Bushyhead of Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, Salt Lake City, UT; Matthew S. Hellman , Jerome L. Epstein and Caroline M. DeCell of Jenner & Block, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance and The Wilderness Society.

Before KELLY, BACHARACH, and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges.


This case involves a dispute between Kane County, Utah (joined by the State of Utah as intervenors) and the United States over the existence and breadth of the County's rights-of-way on federally owned land in Southern Utah. We previously affirmed the denial of intervention to the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, the Wilderness...

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