MURRAY v. BEJ MINERALS, LLC

No. 16-35506.

962 F.3d 485 (2020)

Mary Ann MURRAY; Lige M. Murray, Plaintiffs-Counter-Defendants-Appellees, v. BEJ MINERALS, LLC; RTWF, LLC, Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 17, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric D. Miller (argued), Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, Washington; Shane R. Swindle , Perkins Coie LLP, Phoenix, Arizona; Brian C. Lake , Perkins Coie LLP, Phoenix, Arizona; for Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellants.

Harlan B. Krogh (argued) and Eric Edward Nord , Crist Krogh & Nord PLLC, Billings, Montana, for Plaintiffs-Counter-Defendants-Appellees.

Gary S. Guzy and Pooja S. Kothari , Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae Paleontological Societies and Scientific Institutions.

Colleen M. Dowdall , Dowdall Law, Missoula, Montana, for Amicus Curiae United Property Owners of Montana (UPOM).

Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge, and Kim McLane Wardlaw, Marsha S. Berzon, Jay S. Bybee, Consuelo M. Callahan, Sandra S. Ikuta, Mary H. Murguia, Morgan Christen, Paul J. Watford, Michelle T. Friedland, and Ryan D. Nelson, Circuit Judges


OPINION

After granting rehearing en banc in Murray v. BEJ Minerals, LLC, 908 F.3d 437 (9th Cir. 2018), see Murray v. BEJ Minerals, LLC, 920 F.3d 583 (9th Cir. 2019), we certified the following question, an issue of first impression under Montana law and dispositive...

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