SCHUTTER v. STATE BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS

No. DA 23-0314.

2024 MT 88

DEBRA V. SCHUTTER and SIDNEY J. SCHUTTER, Claimants and Appellants, STATE OF MONTANA BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS, Objector and Appellee.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided: April 30, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Colleen A. Coyle , Coyle Law Firm, PLLC, Bozeman, Montana

KD Feeback , Toole & Feeback PLLC, Lincoln, Montana, for Appellants.

Brian C. Bramblett , Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Helena, Montana.

Rachel Meredith , Office of the Governor, Helena, Montana, For Appellee.

Austin Knudsen , Montana Attorney General, Michael J. Noonan , Assistant Attorney General, Helena, Montana

Emily Jones , Special Assistant Attorney General, Jones Law Firm, PLLC, Billings, Montana For Amicus State of Montana.

Jon Metropoulos , Metropoulos Law Firm, Helena, Montana, For Amicus Rocky Mountain Stockgrowers Association, and Greenfields Irrigation District.


¶1 Appellants Debra Schutter and Sidney Schutter (the Schutters) appeal the Montana Water Court's grant of summary judgment to the State of Montana Board of Land Commissioners (the Board) on the Board's objection to the decree of ownership of water right 41H-13169-00 (Claim 13169). At issue...

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