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Wilderness Society v. Kane County, Utah

District Court, D. Utah

Decided May 16, 2008No. 2:05-cr-00854PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER AND MEMORANDUM DECISION

TENA CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.

The Wilderness Society and Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (collectively “TWS”) challenge Kane County’s actions 1 opening a portion of federal land in the County to off-road vehicle (ORV) use. Some of the federal land has been closed to ORV use by the United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the National Park Service (NPS). TWS claims that the County’s actions (enacting Ordinance No.2005-03, posting County road signs, and removing federal agency road closure signs) violate the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution and are…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Adler v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1998
  4. Norton v. Southern Utah Wilderness AllianceSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  5. English v. General Electric Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1990

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. The Wilderness Soc. v. Kane County, UtahCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2011
  2. Environmental Driven Solutions, LLC v. Dunn CountyNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2017
  3. Kane County v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Utah · 2013
  4. Daggett County v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Utah · 2025
  5. Duchesne County v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Utah · 2025

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