KNEZOVICH v. UNITED STATES

No. 22-8023.

82 F.4th 931 (2023)

Steven Dakota KNEZOVICH; Steven L. Knezovich; Debora M. Knezovich, Husband and Wife; Andrew M. Taylor; Dena DEA Baker, Husband and Wife; Richard D. Wright; Deone R. Wright, Husband and Wife; Hoback Ranches Property Owners Improvement and Service District, County of Sublette, State of Wyoming, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

FILED September 15, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Quentin M. Rhoades , Rhoades & Erickson, Missoula, Montana ( Marc J. Randazza , Randazza Legal Group, PLLC, Las Vegas, Nevada, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Dena Dea Baker and Andrew M. Taylor, with him on the briefs), for Plaintiff-Appellants.

Christopher Levi Martin , Assistant United States Attorney ( Nicholas Vassallo , Acting United States Attorney, with him on the brief), United States Attorneys Office, Cheyenne, Wyoming, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before TYMKOVICH, MORITZ, and ROSSMAN, Circuit Judges.


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