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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Attorneys representing twin border towns controlled by a polygamous church are trying to intervene in a legal dispute involving land held in a church trust.
Papers filed in 3rd District Court last week say Hildale, Utah and Colorado City, Ariz., have an interest in the use and management of the land, including a 400-plus acre parcel which is set for a court-ordered auction.
Attorneys say selling the land could jeopardize the limited water available.
The cities are home to members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Most of the land and homes -- including the 400-plus acres set for auction -- is held in the United Effort Plan Trust.
Once run by church leaders, the trust has been under court oversight since 2005 due to allegations of mismanagement.
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