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<br />'... <br /> <br />e <br /> <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />KEN SALAZAR <br />Attorney General <br /> <br />CHRISTINE M. ARGUELLO <br />Chief Deputy Attorney General <br /> <br />ALAN J. GILBERT <br />Solicitor General <br /> <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />DEPARTMENT OF LAW <br /> <br />STATE SERVICES BUILDING <br />1525 Sherman Street - 5th Floor <br />Denverr Colorado 80203 <br />Phone 303)866-4500 <br />FAX 303 866-5691 <br /> <br />OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL <br /> <br />November 25, 2002 <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: Colorado Water Conservation Board <br /> <br />FROM: Ken Salazar <br />Attorney General <br /> <br />RE: <br /> <br />Felicity Harmay <br />Deputy Attorney General <br /> <br />Report of the Attorney General! ' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />1. Forest Service Reserved Ril':hts Cases, Case Nos. 81-CW-220 et al., Water Division 2; <br /> <br />We appear to be very close to agreement on a stipulation allowing the Forest Service to <br />withdraw the claims with prejudice, on conditions acceptable to the obj ectors. <br /> <br />2. Forest Service Reserved Ril':hts Cases, Case Nos. W-1l46-73 et al., Water Division 7. <br /> <br />The negotiating team met in Durango on November 21st. Wendy Weiss will brief the Board <br />on the negotiation team meeting at the Board meeting. The Board members may wish to discuss <br />these cases with counsel in executive session. <br /> <br />3. Kansas v. Colorado, United States Snpreme Court, No. 105, Oril':inal. <br /> <br />The trial before the Special Master on 1997-99 compact compliance, future compact <br />compliance, and the quantum of damages to be paid by Colorado for the period before 1997 is in <br />recess and will resumein Pasadena on December 9, 2002, We expect the trial to conclude on all <br />issues in December or January. Both states completed their briefing of the issues related to <br />damages and prejudgment interest in October. Based on different interpretations ofthe Supreme <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />1 Text concerning previously reported matters will usually contain only information on recent developments rather <br />than repeating background information, Material to which we wish to call special attention appears in bold italics, <br />and any entirely neW matters are specifically identified as [NEW]. <br />