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GREAT FALLS TRIB. v. MONT. PUBLIC SER. COM.

No. 02-301.

82 P.3d 876 (2003)

2003 MT 359

The GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE; the Billings Gazette; the Montana Standard; the Helena Independent Record; the Missoulian; Big Sky Publishing, Inc., d/b/a the Bozeman Daily Chronicle; the Montana Newspaper Association; the Miles City Star; the Livingston Enterprise; Yellowstone Public Radio; the Associate Press, Inc.; and the Montana Broadcasters Association, Petitioners and Appellants, v. The MONTANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, Respondent and Cross-Appellant, and The Montana Power Company, n/k/a Northwestern Energy, LLC, Intervenor and Respondent.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided December 18, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Michael Meloy and Jennifer S. Hendricks (argued), Meloy Law Firm, Helena, for Appellants.

Robin A. McHugh (argued), Montana Public Service Commission, Helena, for Respondent.

Marjorie L. Thomas, Michael P. Manion (argued), Northwestern Energy, LLC, Butte, for Intervenor.

John Alke (argued), Hughes, Kellner, Sullivan & Alke, Helena (Qwest Corporation and Montana-Dakota Utilities Company), Larry M. Elison, Matthew Clifford, Gold Canyon, AZ, for Amici.

MCLEAN*, District Judge.

¶ 1 The Appellant media entities (hereinafter "the media") appeal from the Memorandum and Order of the First Judicial District Court, Lewis and Clark County, granting the media partial relief by concluding that certain documents filed by the Montana Power Company ("MPC") with the Montana Public Service Commission ("PSC") should be disclosed to the public, but denying the media access to certain other documents...

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