Legal Opinion
Utah Ass'n of Counties v. Bush
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 24, 2006No. 18-1146PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EBEL, Circuit Judge.
In this case, Mountain States Legal Foundation (“MSLF”) challenges the legality of the 1996 creation of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in southern Utah. Because we conclude that MSLF lacked standing to bring this claim, we dismiss the appeal.
I. BACKGROUND
A. The Monument
On September 18, 1996, in the midst of his 1996 re-election campaign, President Clinton issued a Presidential Proclamation establishing the Grand Staircase-Esca-lante National Monument (the “Monument”), a set-aside of approximately 1.7 million acres of federal land in southern Utah. See…
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