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BITTERROOT RIVER v. BITTERROOT CONS. DIST.

No. DA 10-0209.

251 P.3d 131 (2011)

2011 MT 51

359 Mont. 393

BITTERROOT RIVER PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff and Appellee, Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Involuntary Plaintiff, v. BITTERROOT CONSERVATION DISTRICT, a political subdivision of the State of Montana, Defendant, Walter R. Babcock, Bitterroot Springs Ranch, Tucker Crossing Ranch, and Valley Springs Ranch, Intervenors/Third Party Plaintiffs and Appellants, Marnell Corrao Associates, Inc., Intervenors/Third Party Plaintiff and Appellant, John & Kathy Lewis, Millie & Casey Dieffer, Edith L. & Skip Wark, Edwin C. & Judith Hebner, Susan A. & Larry Levenstein, Michael & Paulette Spaulding, Evelyn L. Locke, David J. Odell, Greg & Nancy Trangmoe, John & Patricia Cook, John & Elizabeth Fox, Etna Ditch Company, Webfoot Ditch Company, and Union Ditch Company, Intervenors and Appellants, Montana Farm Bureau Federation, Intervenors, v. Ravalli County Commissioners, Third Party Defendant.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided March 22, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For Appellants: John E. Bloomquist , Abigail J. St. Lawrence ; Doney, Crowley, Bloomquist, Payne, Uda, P.C.; Helena, Montana (Attorneys for Walter R. Babcock, et al. and John and Kathy Lewis, et al.), John Warren ; Davis, Warren & Hritsco; Dillon, Montana (Attorneys for Marnell Corrao Associates, Inc.).

For Appellee: Sarah K. McMillan ; Western Environmental Law Center; Helena, Montana, Jack R. Tuholske ; Tuholske Law Office, P.C.; Missoula, Montana (Attorneys for Bitterroot Protective Association, Inc.).

Justice JIM RICE delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 Appellants Walter R. Babcock, et al., John and Kathy Lewis, et al. (referred to collectively as "Landowners"), and Marnell Corrao Associates, Inc. ("Marnell") appeal from the order entered by the District Court for the Twenty-First Judicial District, Ravalli County, awarding Appellee Bitterroot River Protective Association, Inc. ("BRPA"), attorney fees in the amount of $319,405.65. We affirm and remand...

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