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IN RE CROW WATER COMPACT

No. DA 15-0370.

364 P.3d 584 (2015)

2015 MT 353

382 Mont. 46

In re the CROW WATER COMPACT. In the Matter of the Adjudication of Existing and Reserved Rights to the Use of Water, Both Surface and Underground, of the Crow Tribe of Indians of the State of Montana.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided December 30, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For Appellants: W. Scott Green , John C. Vannatta , Patten, Peterman, Bekkedahl & Green, PLLC, Billings, Montana.

For Appellee Apsaalooke (Crow) Tribe: Nathan A. Espeland , Espeland Law Office, PLLC, Columbus, Montana, Merrill C. Godfrey , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP, Washington, DC.

For Appellee United States: John C. Cruden , Assistant Attorney General, John L. Smeltzer , Appellate Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC.

For Appellee State of Montana: Timothy C. Fox , Montana Attorney General, Jeremiah D. Weiner , Assistant Attorney General, Helena, Montana.

¶ 1 Objectors to the Crow Water Compact appeal from the Montana Water Court's orders of December 24, 2014, and May 27, 2015, ruling in favor of the settling parties' motion for summary judgment and approving the Water Compact with a final order.

¶ 2 We affirm the decision...

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