CITY OF MISSOULA v. MOUNTAIN WATER CO.

No. DA 15-0375.

378 P.3d 1113 (2016)

2016 MT 183

384 Mont. 193

The CITY OF MISSOULA, a Montana municipal corporation, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. MOUNTAIN WATER COMPANY, a Montana corporation, and Carlyle Infrastructure Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, Defendants and Appellants. The Employees of Mountain Water Company, (Shanna M. Adams, Heather M. Best, Dennis M. Bowman, Kathryn F. Datsopoulos, Wayne K. Davis, Valarie M. Dowell, Jerry E. Ellis, Greg A. Gullickson, Bradley E. Hafar, Michelle Halley, Douglas R. Harrison, Jack E. Heinz, Josiah M. Hodge, Clay T. Jensen, Kevin M. Johnson, Carla E. Jones, Micky A. Kammerer, John A. Kappes, Susan M. Lowery, Lee Macholz, Brenda K. Maes, Jason R. Martin, Logan M. McInnis, Ross D. Miller, Beate G. Newman, Maureen L. Nichols, Michael L. Ogle, Travis Rice, Eric M. Richards, Gerald L. Schindler, Douglas J. Stephens, Sara S. Streeter, Joseph C. Thul, Denise T. Tribble, Patricia J. Wankier, Michael R. Wildey, Angela J. Yonce, and Craig M. Yonce), Intervenors and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Submitted May 4, 2016.

Decided August 2, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For Appellants: Bradley Luck , (argued), Kathleen L. DeSoto , William T. Wagner , Stephen R. Brown , Garlington, Lohn & Robinson, PLLP, Missoula, Montana.

Joe Conner , Adam Sanders , D. Eric Setterlund , Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C., Chattanooga, Tennessee (Attorneys for Defendant/Appellant Mountain Water Company).

Gary M. Zadick (argued), Ugrin, Alexander, Zadick & Higgins, P.C., Great Falls, Montana (Attorney for Intervenors/Appellants The Employees of Mountain Water Company).

William W. Mercer , Michael P. Manning , Adrian A. Miller , Holland & Hart, LLP, Billings, Montana (Attorneys for Defendant/Appellant Carlyle Infrastructure Partners, LP).

For Appellee: Scott M. Stearns , Natasha Prinzing Jones , Boone Karlberg P.C., Missoula, Montana, Harry H. Schneider, Jr. (argued), Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, Washington, William K. VanCanagan , Phil L. McCreedy , Datsopoulos, MacDonald & Lind, P.C., Missoula, Montana.

For Amicus Curiae : Mark D. Parker , Parker, Heitz & Cosgrove, PLLC, Billings, Montana (Attorney for United Property Owners of Montana, Inc.).

We Concur: MIKE McGRATH, C.J., JAMES JEREMIAH SHEA, BETH BAKER, and MICHAEL E. WHEAT, JJ.


¶ 1 Mountain Water Company (Mountain Water) owns the water system that provides potable water to the residents of Missoula. The City of Missoula (the City) filed a complaint in the Fourth Judicial District Court, Missoula County, to condemn the water system. Montana's eminent domain...

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