Because the land was privately held, it was exempt from the Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971.

[4] In January 1972, the Lake Tahoe Recreational Land Company filed a $10 million lawsuit against Joe Conforte (owner of the Mustang Ranch) and the Storey County District Attorney Virgil Bucchianeri.

The lawsuit also alleged that Conforte and Bucchianeri conspired to convince the Storey County Commission to vote against the development.

In 1978, a controversial roundup occurred, where a helicopter was used by the wranglers to collect 227 branded and unbranded horses on private property.

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