The NEW MEXICO STATE GAME COMMISSION, Plaintiff,
v.
Stewart L. UDALL, Secretary of the Interior, Stanley A. Cain, Assistant Secretary of the Interior, George Hartzog, Jr., Director of National Park Service, Neal G. Guse, Superintendent of Carlsbad Caverns National Park, R. R. Mabery, Chief Ranger, and Robert J. Schumerth, Neal R. Bullington, William J. Wilson, Robert M. Turner, Walter B. O'Neal, Walter H. Kittam, Derrick C. Cooke, Park Rangers, Defendants.
United States District Court D. New Mexico.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
March 13, 1968.
March 13, 1968.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Boston Witt, Atty. Gen., State of New Mexico, Santa Fe, N. M., George T. Harris, Jr., Albuquerque, N. M., for New Mexico State Game Commission, plaintiff.
John Quinn, U. S. Atty., Michael P. Watkins, Asst. U. S. Atty., Albuquerque, N. M., for Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of the Interior, and others, defendants.
Colorado
Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., Denver, Colo., amicus curiae.
Wyoming
James Barrett, Atty. Gen., Robert L. Nelson, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Cheyenne, Wyo., amicus curiae.
Washington
John J. O'Connell, Atty. Gen., Olympia, Wash., amicus curiae.
South Dakota
Frank L. Farrar, Atty. Gen., Pierre, S. D., amicus curiae.
North Dakota
Helgi Johanneson, Atty. Gen., Paul M. Sand, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Bismarck, N. D., amicus curiae.
Texas
Crawford C. Martin, Atty. Gen. of Texas, Austin, Tex., amicus curiae.
Arkansas
Joe Purcell, Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, amicus curiae.
Michigan
Nicholas V. Olds, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Michigan, Lansing, Mich., International Assn. of Game, Fish and Conservation Commissioners, amicus curiae.
Oregon
Robert Y. Thornton, Atty. Gen., Portland, Or., amicus curiae.
Nevada
Harvey Dickerson, Atty. Gen., Carson City, Nev., amicus curiae.
Virginia
Reno S. Harp, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., amicus curiae.
West Virginia
Thomas B. Yost, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, W. V., amicus curiae.
Nebraska
Clarence A. H. Meyer, Atty. Gen., Calvin E. Robinson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Lincoln, Neb., amicus curiae.
Oklahoma
Dale F. Crowder, Asst. Atty. Gen., Oklahoma City, Okl., Wildlife Conservation Commission of Oklahoma, amicus curiae.
United States District Court D. New Mexico.
OPINION
PAYNE, Chief Judge.
This is a contest between the New Mexico State Game Commission and the Secretary of the Interior and his delegates. Ostensibly, the issue presented concerns the Secretary's authority to order the destruction of wildlife in the Carlsbad Caverns National Park, in violation of New Mexico law, for the purpose of conducting a scientific research study. The broader issue presented relates to the role of the States in the activity of...
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