[Scoutmaster]

I've read the statutes and Nevada is most certainly an open range state. Livestock owners are not liable for damage caused by livestock unless the aggrieved property owner had a 'legal fence' around his or her property.

Marbury v. Madison gums up the works, again.

Federal courts have ruled that Nevada open range law does not apply to federal land because of the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution.

[saywhatagain]

Thank you for that reference.

[OneWingedShark]

Federal courts have ruled that Nevada open range law does not apply to federal land because of the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution.

Except that the supremacy clause is only for things pursuant to the Constitution itself — in all other cases it is legal nullity [as affirmed by the 9th and 10th Amendments]. Therefore, just because the government says [e.g.] drugs are illegal, does not make drugs illegal — indeed, the Constitution had to be amended in order to make it possible for the federal government to make alcohol illegal.