The New Mexico State Game Commission v. Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of the Interior

PICKETT, Circuit Judge.

The New Mexico State Game Commission brought this action seeking a judgment declaring that the Secretary of Interior and his subordinates did not have authority to kill deer within the boundaries of Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico for research purposes, without obtaining state permits required by New Mexico Statutes. The Commission also sought an injunction prohibiting further killing of deer without the state permit. The complaint alleged that under the law of New Mexico the Commission controls, regulates and manages the hunting of deer and other wildlife…