United States v. Kane County, Utah
Linked with Kane County, Utah v. United States (20-82)
Certiorari Denied
Petition for certiorari denied on January 25, 2021.
Issue
Whether an advocacy organization"s environmental concerns qualify as an "interest" required by Rule 24(a)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for the organization to intervene as of right as a party defendant in a pending civil action, where no judicial relief could be granted against that organization in the action and its environmental concerns are unrelated to any claim or defense that the organization could itself assert in the action.
Jul 24, 2020Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 31, 2020)Aug 14, 2020Motion of respondents Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, et al. to extend the time to file a response from August 31, 2020 to October 27, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
Aug 17, 2020Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including October 27, 2020, for all respondents.
Oct 27, 2020Brief of respondents Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance et al. in opposition filed. VIDED.Nov 9, 2020Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed)Nov 10, 2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.
Dec 7, 2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/11/2020.
Jan 4, 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
Jan 11, 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/15/2021.
Jan 19, 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/22/2021.
Jan 25, 2021Petition DENIED. Justice Gorsuch took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
Recommended Citation: United States v. Kane County, Utah, SCOTUSblog, https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/united-states-v-kane-county-utah/