ATLANTIC RICHFIELD v. MONTANA SECOND JUD.

OP 16-0555.

408 P.3d 515 (2017)

2017 MT 324

ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY, Petitioner, v. MONTANA SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, Silver Bow County, the Hon. Katherine M. Bidegaray, Respondent,

Supreme Court of Montana.

Submitted: April 11, 2017.

Decided: December 29, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For Petitioner: Jonathan W. Rauchway (argued), Shannon Wells Stevenson , James R. Henderson, Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP, Denver, Colorado, John P. Davis , Patrick M. Sullivan , Poore, Roth & Robinson, P.C., Butte, Montana.

For Plaintiff Gregory Christian, et al.: Monte D. Beck , Justice P. Stalpes (argued), Beck, Amsden & Stalpes, PLLC, Bozeman, Montana, J. David Slovak , Mark M. Kovacich , Ross Johnson , Lewis, Slovak, Kovacich & Snipes, PC, Great Falls, Montana.

For Amicus Curiae: John C. Cruden , Matthew R. Oakes (argued), Assistant Attorneys General, United States Department of Justice, Washington D.C., Domenic A. Cossi (argued), Western Justice Associates, PLLC, Bozeman, Montana (Attorney for Amicus Curiae Montana Trial Lawyers Association), Roger Sullivan , McGarvey, Neberling, Sullivan & Lacey, Kalispell, Montana (Attorneys for Montana Environmental Information Center), Kurt G. Alme , United States Attorney, Victoria Francis , Assistant United Stated Attorney, District of Montana, Billings, Montana (Attorneys for Amicus Curiae United States of America), Elizabeth A. Brennan , Brennan Law & Mediation, PLLC, Missoula, Montana (Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Clark Fork Coalition).


OPINION AND ORDER

¶ 1 Petitioner Atlantic Richfield Company ("ARCO") petitioned this Court for a writ of supervisory control, seeking reversal of five orders of the Second Judicial District Court in Silver Bow County in the matter of Christian, et al. v....

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