Buckles v. State, Colorado Division of Wildlife

Opinion by

Judge DAVIDSON.

Plaintiffs, Robert E. and Elizabeth O. Buckles, appeal from the dismissal of their complaint against defendants, the State of Colorado, the Colorado Division of Wildlife, and the Board of Commissioners of the Colorado Division of Wildlife. We dismiss the appeal in part and otherwise affirm.

Plaintiffs’ complaint asserted three claims for relief seeking damages based on allegations of improper construction and use by defendants of a road across plaintiffs’ property: (1) common law trespass; (2) violation of civil rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1994); and (3) inverse…