The US Forest Service defeated a Colorado ski resort’s appeal over the dismissal of claims that it’s entitled to water rights on land conveyed to the federal government more than 30 years ago.
The company’s quiet title claim is time-barred because its predecessor was put on notice by 2006 at the latest that the Forest Service didn’t recognize any water rights when it asserted exclusive control of the land, the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit said in an opinion.
Purgatory Recreation I LLC and Purgatory Village Land LLC own a ski resort outside of Durango, Colo. ...
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