United States Ex Rel. Bergen v. Lawrence

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BRIMMER, Chief Judge.

This case arises from the contentions of the United States and plaintiff-intervenors Wyoming Wildlife Federation and National Wildlife Federation (Wildlife Federations), that defendant has wrongfully fenced in federal land in violation of the Unlawful Inclosures of Public Lands Act, 43 U.S.C. §§ 1061-1066. At the hearing on plaintiff-intervenors’ motion for preliminary injunction, with the agreement of counsel, the Court consolidated the matter into a full hearing on the merits pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(a)(2).

At the conclusion of the…