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BECK v. ATLANTIC RICHFIELD CO.

Nos. 94-35487, 94-35551, 94-35539 and 94-35552.

62 F.3d 1240 (1995)

Thomas A. BECK; Melvin R. Beck; Robert Evans, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation; and The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Defendants-Appellees. Thomas A. BECK; Melvin R. Beck; Robert Evans, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant. WEST SIDE DITCH COMPANY, a Montana Corporation; City of Deer Lodge; Ronald Kelly; Jerry Rutledge; Charles Beck; Richard Forson; George Reistad, Plaintiffs-Appellants, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Intervenor-Appellee, v. ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation; Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Defendants-Appellees. WEST SIDE DITCH COMPANY, a Montana Corporation; City of Deer Lodge; Ronald Kelly; Jerry Rutledge; Charles Beck; Richard Forson; George Reistad, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 17, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russ McElyea, Moore, O'Connell & Refling, Bozeman, MT, for plaintiffs-appellants West Side Ditch Co. et al.

John E. Bloomquist, Dillon, MT, for plaintiffs-appellants Beck et al.

John P. Davis, Poore, Roth & Robinson, P.C., Butte, MT, for defendant-appellee ARCO.

Robert L. Klarquist, David C. Shilton, Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for intervenor-appellee EPA.

Before: BROWNING, WRIGHT, and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

A group of water users along the Clark Fork River in southeastern Montana1 appeal the dismissal without prejudice of their claim under Montana law against Atlantic Richfield Company ("ARCO") for compensatory damages for diversion of water from the River. ARCO cross-appeals because the dismissal was without prejudice. We reverse the dismissal and order the district court to remand the...

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