MEIC v. DEQ

No. DA 15-0208.

365 P.3d 454 (2016)

2016 MT 9

MONTANA ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION CENTER, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY and Golden Sunlight Mines, Inc., Defendants and Appellees, Jefferson County, a Political subdivision of the State of Montana, Defendant and Intervenor.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided: January 12, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David K. W. Wilson, Jr. , Morrison, Sherwood, Wilson & Deola, PLLP, Helena, Montana, Elizabeth A. Brennan , Brennan Law & Mediation, PLLC, Missoula, Montana, for Appellant.

KD Feeback , Toole & Feeback, PLLC, Lincoln, Montana, R. Timothy McCrum , Thomas R. Lundquist , Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC (Attorneys for Golden Sunlight Mines, Inc.), John North , Ed Hayes , Department of Environmental Quality, Helena, Montana, Mathew Johnson , Jefferson County Attorney, Steven C. Haddon , Deputy County Attorney, Boulder, Montana, for Appellees.

We concur: MIKE McGRATH, C.J., JIM RICE, PATRICIA COTTER and BETH BAKER, JJ.


¶ 1 The Montana Environmental Information Center (MEIC) appeals from an order issued by the Fifth Judicial District Court, Jefferson County, granting summary judgment in favor of the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and Golden Sunlight Mines, Inc (GSM). We affirm....

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