State ex rel. Department of Corrections v. Pena

Opinion by

Judge MARQUEZ.

The State of Colorado Department of Corrections (Department) appeals from a judgment of the district court in favor of the mayor and other officials of the City and County of .Denver (Denver) ruling that the Department owes Denver $835,136 for the care and housing of state-sentenced prisoners and that the Denver County Jail is under no obligation to accept parole violators tendered to it for safekeeping. Denver cross-appeals that portion of the judgment denying its quantum meruit counterclaim for the value of the care and housing in excess of $835,136. We affirm.

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