Legal Opinion
George v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided March 5, 2012No. 11-2045PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GORSUCH, Circuit Judge.
Anne George wants to fence her property and, with it, corral her horse. Trouble is, the Forest Service has a road running through her land that Ms. George’s fence threatens to block. Ms. George offered to leave a gate across the road unlocked, but the Service rejected this option, arguing that the public needs unfettered access to the adjacent Gila National Forest. Instead, the Forest Service encouraged Ms. George to pen her horse with a fence running alongside its road, but she found this alternative just as unsatisfactory. The parties’ wrangling dragged on for years…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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