CITY OF MISSOULA v. MOUNTAIN WATER CO.

DA 17-0272.

419 P.3d 685 (2018)

2018 MT 139

The CITY OF MISSOULA, a Montana municipal corporation, Plaintiff, Appellee, and Cross Appellant, v. MOUNTAIN WATER COMPANY, a Montana corporation, and Carlyle Infrastructure Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, Defendants and Appellants. The Employees of Mountain Water Company, (Shanna M. Adams, Heather M. Best, Dennis M. Bowman, Kathryn F. Datsopoulos, Wayne K. Davis, Valarie M. Dowell, Jerry E. Ellis, Greg A. Gullickson, Bradley E. Hafar, Michelle Halley, Douglas R. Harrison, Jack E. Heinz, Josiah M. Hodge, Clay T. Jensen, Kevin M. Johnson, Carla E. Jones, Micky A. Kammerer, John A. Kappes, Susan M. Lowery, Lee Macholz, Brenda K. Maes, Jason R. Martin, Logan M. McInnis, Ross D. Miller, Beate G. Newman, Maureen L. Nicholas, Michael L. Ogle, Travis Rice, Eric M. Richards, Gerald L. Schindler, Douglas J. Stephens, Sara S. Streeter, Joseph C. Thul, Denise T. Tribble, Patricia J. Wankier, Michael R. Wildey, Angela J. Yonce, and Craig M. Yonce), Intervenors and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided: June 5, 2018.

As Corrected June 8, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For Appellants Mountain Water: William T. Wagner , Stephen R. Brown , Kathleen L. DeSoto , Garlington, Lohn & Robinson, PLLP, Missoula, Montana, Michael Green , D. Wiley Barker , Crowley Fleck PLLP, Helena, Montana, Joe Conner , Adam Sanders , Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C., Chattanooga, Tennessee.

For Appellants Carlyle Infrastructure Partners, LP: William W. Mercer , Kyle Anne Gray , Brian Michael William Murphy , Holland & Hart LLP, Billings, Montana.

For Appellee: Scott M. Stearns , Natasha Prinzing Jones , Randy Tanner , Boone Karlberg P.C., Missoula, Montana, William K. VanCanagan , Datsopoulos, MacDonald & Lind, P.C., Missoula, Montana, Harry Schneider, Jr. , Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, Washington.

For Intervenor Montana Department of Transportation: David L. Ohler , Valerie D. Wilson , Special Assistant Attorneys General, Helena, Montana.


¶ 1 This is another appeal concerning the proceeding initiated by the City of Missoula (City) to condemn the water system serving the City, previously owned by Mountain Water Company (Mountain Water) and its upstream holding company, Carlyle Infrastructure Partners, LP (Carlyle) (collectively...

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