CLAJON PRODUCTION CORP. v. PETERA

Nos. 94-8071, 94-8103.

70 F.3d 1566 (1995)

CLAJON PRODUCTION CORPORATION; Marion H. Scott, Mary C. Scott, husband and wife; and Salt Creek Ranch, L.L.C., a Wyoming limited liability corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Pete E. PETERA, Director of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, in his personal capacity; Jay Lawson, Chief Game Warden of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, in his personal capacity; the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission; Dan Kennedy, Kevin Dooley, Mike Hunzie, Hal Corbett, Mary Flitner, Kari Priewe, and David Steger, members of the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission, in their personal capacities, Defendants-Appellees, National Wildlife Federation; Wyoming Wildlife Federation; Phyllis Achison; Taylor Outfitters; Wyoming Outdoor Council; Dubois Wildlife Association; Heart Mountain Wildlife Association; Greater Yellowstone Coalition; Medicine Butte Wildlife Association; Wyoming Chapter of the Sierra Club; and Orion, The Hunters Institute, Intervenors-Appellees. CLAJON PRODUCTION CORPORATION; Marion H. Scott, Mary C. Scott, husband and wife; and Salt Creek Ranch, L.L.C., a Wyoming limited liability corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Pete E. PETERA, Director of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, in his personal capacity; Jay Lawson, Chief Game Warden of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, in his personal capacity; the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission; Dan Kennedy, Kevin Dooley, Mike Hunzie, Hal Corbett, Mary Flitner, Kari Priewe, and David Steger, members of the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission, in their personal capacities, Defendants, National Wildlife Federation; Wyoming Wildlife Federation; Phyllis Achison; Taylor Outfitters; Wyoming Outdoor Council; Dubois Wildlife Association; Heart Mountain Wildlife Association; Greater Yellowstone Coalition; Medicine Butte Wildlife Association; Wyoming Chapter of the Sierra Club; and Orion, The Hunters Institute, Intervenors-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

November 20, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Scarantino, Albuquerque, New Mexico (John MacPherson of MacPherson Law Offices, Rawlins, Wyoming, Karen J. Budd-Falen of Budd-Falen, Cheyenne, Wyoming, with him on the briefs), for plaintiffs-appellants-appellees.

Ron Arnold of the Office of the Attorney General, State of Wyoming, Cheyenne, Wyoming (Joseph B. Meyer, Mary B. Guthrie and Kristi Sansonetti, of the Office of the Attorney General, State of Wyoming, Cheyenne, Wyoming, with him on the brief), for defendants-appellees.

Susan Morath Horner of Boulder, Colorado (James J. Tuchton of the National Wildlife Federation, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, and Thomas David Lustig of Boulder, Colorado, with her on the brief), for intervenors-appellees-appellants.

Before BALDOCK, ALARCON, and EBEL, Circuit Judges.


EBEL, Circuit Judge.

This case is a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action challenging several Wyoming hunting regulations as violative of the federal and state constitutional rights of a number of Wyoming ranchers ("Plaintiffs") who offer hunting services to out-of-state residents. Plaintiffs commenced this action for declaratory and injunctive relief against the Wyoming officials who promulgated the challenged regulations and who are charged with administering them ("State...

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