There’s a lot to like the panel opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Sanchez v. Torres, No. 25-2009 (Apr. 21, 2026), even though the court ultimately rejected the claim the State of New Mexico had taken the plaintiffs’ property right to exclude the public. [Note: this is one where we rep the property owners, so we won’t be adding a lot of commentary.]…
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