FLATHEAD LAKERS v. DEPT. OF NATURAL RES.

DA 19-0312.

464 P.3d 396 (2020)

2020 MT 132

FLATHEAD LAKERS INC., a Montana non-profit public benefit corporation, Amy J. Waller, Steven F. Moore, Cynthia S. Edstrom, Adele Zimmerman, Martin Fulsaas and Gail A. Watson-Fulsaas, Laurel Fullerton, Alan and Deirdre Coit, and Frank M. Woods, Petitioners and Appellees, v. MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION, and Montana Artesian Water Company, Respondents and Appellants, Water for Flathead's Future, Intervenor and Appellee.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided: May 26, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For Appellant Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation: Brian C. Bramblett , Barbara Chillcott , Special Assistant Attorneys General, Helena, Montana.

For Appellant Montana Artesian Water Company: John E. Bloomquist , Richard C. Tappan , Bloomquist Law Firm P.C., Helena, Montana.

For Appellees and Intervenor: John J. Ferguson , Graham J. Coppes , Emily F. Wilmott , Ferguson Law Office PPLC, Missoula, Montana, Elizabeth A. Brennan , Brennan Law & Mediation, PLLC, Missoula, Montana.

For Amicus Montana Building Industry Association: Abigail J. St. Lawrence , Abigail St. Lawrence , Attorney at Law, P.C., Helena, Montana.


¶1 Montana Artesian Water Company ("MAWC") applied for a permit to appropriate water with the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation ("DNRC") but did not include aquifer testing information required by DNRC rules. DNRC failed to identify...

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