KLUVER v. PPL MONTANA, LLC

No. DA 11-0681.

293 P.3d 817 (2012)

2012 MT 321

Charles Kelly KLUVER; Karson Kluver; and Genie Land Company, Plaintiffs and Appellants, and Douglas & Kim McRae; and Greenleaf Land & Livestock Company, Plaintiffs and Appellees, v. PPL MONTANA, LLC, as a Successor in Interest to the Montana Power Co.; Puget Sound Energy, Inc.; Northwestern Corporation; The Clark Fork and Blackfoot, LLC.; The Montana Power Company, LLC.; Avista Corporation; Pacificorp; Portland General Electric Company and John Does 1-20, Defendants and Appellees.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Submitted October 2, 2012.

Decided December 31, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For Appellants: Robert K. Baldwin (argued); Brian K. Gallik ; Goetz, Gallik & Baldwin, P.C., Bozeman, Montana, Mark D. Parker; Casey Heitz ; Parker, Heitz & Cosgrove, PLLC, Billings, Montana.

For Appellees: Tom W. Stonecipher (argued); Margaret C. Weamer ; Tarlow Stonecipher & Steele, PLLC, Bozeman, Montana; W. William Leaphart , Attorney at Law, Helena, Montana (McRaes and Greenleaf Land & Livestock Co.).

Guy W. Rogers (argued); Jon A. Wilson ; Brown Law Firm, P.C., Billings, Montana, Thomas W. Stoever, Jr. ; Timothy R. MacDonald ; Arnold & Porter, LLP, Denver, Colorado (PPL Montana, LLC, Puget Sound Energy, Inc., Northwestern Corporation; Pacificorp; The Clark Fork and Blackfoot, LLC; The Montana Power Company, LLC, and Avista Corp.).

Shane P. Coleman ; Jason S. Ritchie ; Holland & Hart, LLP, Billings, Montana (Portland General Electric Company).


Justice MICHAEL E. WHEAT delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 Charles Kelly Kluver, Karson Kluver, and Genie Land Company (collectively the "Kluvers") appeal two orders of the Sixteenth Judicial District Court, Rosebud County; one involving rulings on evidentiary motions, and the other granting a motion to enforce a settlement agreement in favor of PPL Montana, LLC, Puget Sound Energy, Inc., Northwestern Corporation, the Clark Fork and Blackfoot, LLC, the...

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