MONTANA v. TALEN MONTANA, LLC

CV 16-35-H-DLC.

574 F.Supp.3d 795 (2021)

State of MONTANA, Plaintiff, v. TALEN MONTANA, LLC, f/k/a PPL Montana, LLC, and NorthWestern Corporation, d/b/a NorthWestern Energy, a Delaware corporation, and United States of America, United States Forest Service, United States Bureau of Reclamation, and United States Bureau of Land Management, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Montana, Helena Division.

Signed December 7, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony Johnstone , Johnstone PLLC, Missoula, MT, James P. Molloy , Gallik, Bremer, & Molloy, P.C., Bozeman, MT, John E. Bloomquist , Bloomquist Law Firm, P.C., Dillon, MT, Timothy C. Fox , Patrick M. Risken , Montana Attorney General, Elizabeth R. Story , Richard Charles Tappan, Jr. , Bloomquist Law Firm, P.C., Helena, MT, for Plaintiff.

Kyle A. Gray , Brianne C. McClafferty , Holland & Hart, Robert L. Sterup , Brown Law Firm, P.C., Billings, MT Defendant/Talen Montana, LLC.

Stephen D. Bell , Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Missoula, MT, B. Andrew Brown , Pro Hac Vice, Ben D. Kappelman , Brian B. Bell , Pro Hac Vice, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Minneapolis, MN, for Defendant/NorthWestern Corporation.

Jeffrey Scott Thomas , United States Department of Justict, Washington, DC, David W. Gehlert , James J. DuBois , United States Department of Justice, Denver, CO, John M. Newman , U.S. Attorney's Office, Missoula, MT, Mark Steger Smith , U.S. Attorney's Office, Billings, MT, for Defendant/United States of America, United States Forest Service, United States Bureau of Reclamation, United States Bureau of Land Management.


ORDER

Before the Court are two motions for partial summary judgment and several motions in limine. (Docs. 255, 260, 276, 279, 282, 287, 290, 291.) The Court will address each motion in turn.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

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