United States Tenth Circuit

Plaintiff's challenge to three Wyoming statutes, claiming that the statutes unconstitutionally limit equal access to hunting opportunities for nonresidents, is dismissed where the statutes do not violate the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/12/2005
• Published 07/12/2005

Judges

• TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge., Before TYMKOVICH, McWILLIAMS, and PORFILIO, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Donald J. Schutz, Saint Petersburg, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant., James R. Scarantino, Albuquerque, NM for Amici Curiae U.S. Outfitters, Inc., Jean Taulman, Lawrence Montoya, and Filiberto Valerio., Paul A. Lenzini filed an amicus brief for International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jay A. Jerde, Senior Assistant Attorney General (with Patrick J. Crank, Attorney General, and Jennifer A. Golden, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief), Office of the Wyoming Attorney General, Cheyenne, WY, for Defendants-Appellees.