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MATTSON v. MONTANA POWER CO.

No. DA 11-0413.

291 P.3d 1209 (2012)

2012 MT 318

Rebecca E. MATTSON, et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. MONTANA POWER COMPANY, PPL Montana, LLC, Touch America Holdings, Inc., Montana Power LLC, a/k/a Northwestern Energy, and Northwestern Corporation, Defendants and Appellees.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided December 27, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For Appellants: James H. Goetz (argued), Goetz, Gallik & Baldwin, P.C., Bozeman, Montana, Calvin T. Christian , Christian, Samson, Jones & Chisholm, Missoula, Montana, Jamie S. Franklin , The Franklin Law Firm, LLC, Thomas R. Meites , Michael M. Mulder , Meites, Mulder & Glink, Chicago, Illinois, Larry Elison , Attorney at Law, Gold Canyon, Arizona.

For Appellee Montana Power Company: Joseph Seifert , Keller, Reynolds, Drake, Johnson & Gillespie, P.C., Helena, Montana, David A. Dial , Nicholas P. Panayotopoulos , Michael Sexton , Kristen L. Henrichs , Emily A. Poe, Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, Atlanta, Georgia.

For Appellee PPL Montana, LLC: Martin S. King , Sean Morris (argued), Worden Thane, P.C., Missoula, Montana.

Justice JAMES C. NELSON delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 Plaintiffs are a group of landowners or former landowners with properties on the shores of Flathead Lake and a portion of the upper Flathead River (Landowners). They commenced the instant action in 1999 in the Eleventh Judicial District Court, Flathead County, against Montana Power Company (MPC) and MPC's successor, PPL Montana, LLC (PPLM).

¶ 2 The present appeal is the third in the...

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