Renwick L. Allen and Courtney Vallentine v. Lawrence J. Merovka, L. J. Dugger, and Robert G. Kinghorn

SETH, Circuit Judge.

Appellants commenced this action to restrain the appellees, who are or were federal game wardens, from trespassing on appellants’ land, from conspiring with state officers to prevent appellants from hunting on their land, and for damages for trespass. The trial court entered a summary judgment for the defendants, and plaintiffs took this appeal.

It appears from the record that New Mexico game officials and appellants before this incident had been engaged in litigation lasting over several years concerning appellants’ right to hunt on their land. The tract giving rise to the…