Carolyn Rygg v. David Hulbert
Opinion
Opinion
MEMORANDUM
Appellants Carolyn Rygg and her son, Craig Dilworth, engaged in extensive state court litigation with their next-door neighbors, Larry and Kaaren Reinertsen, to resolve a property line dispute. The Washington Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s rulings in favor of the Reinert-sens. See Reinertsen v. Rygg, No. 64661-3-1, 161 Wash.App. 1037 , 2011 WL 1896215 (2011), petition for review denied, 172 Wash.2d 1022 , 268 P.3d 224 (2011).
Dissatisfied with the result of the state court proceedings, appellants filed an ac tion in federal court. Their 200-page amended complaint asserted 50 claims against 21 defendants, including Ralph McCarty, the former owner of appellants’ property; the Reinertsens; the Reinert-sens’ attorneys in the state court proceedings; and numerous state court judges. The district court dismissed all but two of the claims in a thorough, well-reasoned order. The case proceeded to trial on the remaining two claims: a federal claim for electronic eavesdropping and a state claim for invasion of privacy, both against the Reinertsens. The jury found in favor of the Reinertsens on both claims, and the district court entered judgment accordingly-