Utah Transfer of Public Lands Act

The State of Utah passed legislation in 2012—the Utah Transfer of Public Lands Act—to require the Federal government to grant the majority of federal land in the state to the state of Utah after 2014. According to Donald J. Kochan, the federal government promised to transfer these lands to the State in the Utah Enabling Act of 1894.

Devallier Law Group believes the Federal government is likely to "vigorously oppose" any lawsuit that Utah might bring, and would be expected to "use every legal means to stop it."

On August 20, 2024, the state of Utah filed a lawsuit asking the U.S. Supreme Court to answer a question: "Can the federal government control public lands within the state indefinitely?"

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