Colorado Ground Water Commission v. Eagle Peak Farms, Ltd.

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that the rules adopted by an agency are presumed to be valid
• determining that a rule promulgated by the commission was subject to APA review and noting that parties in rulemaking proceedings “are required to exhaust their administrative remedies before seeking judicial review”
• requiring APA review of Ground Water Commission and State Engineer rule-making decisions in the context of designated groundwater
• requiring APA review of Ground Water Commission and State Engineer rule-making decisions in the context of designated groundwater
• applying the reasonableness standard to an agency rulemaking, which it determined to be a quasi-legislative action
• relying on the APA’s definition of “order” where the relevant substantive statute did not define the term and the APA defines “orders” to include agency “‘decisions’ other than rulemaking”

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