The Ute Indian Tribe has amended their complaint to sue several new defendants in a lawsuit over the sale of land on Tabby Mountain. The Ute Tribe filed a federal lawsuit in 2023 against the Utah School and Institutional Trust Administration (SITLA) regarding the bid for land on Tabby Mountain. The Ute Tribe alleges they were the highest bidder on the land but that SITLA allowed the Utah Department of Natural Resources to submit a new bid after receiving theirs. The lawsuit claims that the original DNR bid was $41 million dollars and the Tribe submitted a bid of approximately $46.9 million, after which the DNR was allowed to submit a new bid of $50 million dollars. According to the Tribe, SITLA then suspended the sale. Previously, the complaint named SITLA and DNR leadership, as well as SITLA as an organization. The amended lawsuit still includes those and adds additional individuals associated with SITLA, additional DNR leadership, and former and current members of the Utah House of Representatives, including current Speaker Mike Schultz and current member Casey Snider. Governor Cox was originally included in the lawsuit but is no longer listed in the complaint.
