WILD HORSE OBSERVERS v. N.M. LIVESTOCK BD.

No. A-1-CA-37810.

519 P.3d 74 (2022)

2022-NMCA-061

WILD HORSE OBSERVERS ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NEW MEXICO LIVESTOCK BOARD, Defendant-Appellant, and Shelley McAlister, Nathan Lippert, and Teeatta Lippert, Defendants by Intervention.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Filing Date: July 22, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven K. Sanders & Associates, LLC, Steven K. Sanders , Albuquerque, NM, for Appellee.

Hector H. Balderas , Attorney General, Olga Serafirmova , Assistant Attorney General, Santa Fe, NM, for Appellant.

Falen Law Offices, LLC, Brandon L. Jensen , Cheyenne, WY, for Amici Curiae New Mexico Cattle Growers' Association and New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau.

Reynolds Law Office, David G. Reynolds , Placitas, NM, for Amici Curiae Caroline McCoy, Clint Skeen, Michael S. Neas, Susan Blumenthal, Carolyn Kennedy, and Lynn Montgomery.


OPINION

{1} In this appeal, we again examine the protection afforded to New Mexico's free-roaming horses under NMSA 1978, Section 77-18-5 (2007). We first did so seven years ago, when we concluded in Wild Horse Observers Association, Inc. v. New Mexico Livestock Board, (Wild Horse I) that...

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