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those over which the first agency to hear the case has juris- <br /> diction. **4 <br /> The purpose of the doctrine is to force a party to litigate <br /> all of its claims and legal theories in the same forum. See St . <br /> Louis Baptist Temple v. FDIC, 605 F. 2d 1169 ( loth Cir . 1979 ) . It <br /> is not to force parties to choose among legitimate claims and <br /> legal theories and forego others. Given the fact that adminis- <br /> trative agencies have limited jurisdiction, the effect of the <br /> doctrine ' s application advocated by MCR would be to bar parties <br /> from ever raising legitimate claims. It is precisely to prevent <br /> this result that the "opportunity to litigate" requirement has <br /> been imposed by the courts in the administrative context . <br /> The violations charged in the DMG' s NOV and the violations <br /> charged in the WQCD' s NOV could not have been litigated in the <br /> same proceeding. A fact undisputed by MCR. Therefore, the Dis- <br /> trict Court erred in applying the doctrine to void the outcome of <br /> the litigation of the WQCD' s NOV. <br /> 4** In a recent decision, this Court reaffirmed this principle, <br /> stating that "the doctrine does not apply if the plaintiff was <br /> unable to seek a certain remedy or form of relief in the first <br /> action because of certain legal restrains. " Luis Hernandez v. <br /> Anna Woodard, 17 Brief Times Reporter 1717 , 1778 (Colo. App. <br /> 1993 ) . <br /> -10- <br />