Opinion
DA 23-0575
01-24-2024
RIKKI HELD, et al., Plaintiffs and Appellees, v. THE STATE OF MONTANA, et al., Defendants and Appellants.
Dale Schowengerdt Landmark Law PLLC Lee M. McKenna Montana DEQ Attorneys for Appellants-Defendants Department of Environmental Quality, Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Department of Transportation, and Governor Gianforte Austin Knudsen Michael D. Russell Thane Johnson Montana Department of Justice Emily Jones Special Assistant Attorney General Jones Law Firm, PLLC Mark L. Stermitz Crowley Fleck, PLLP Selena Z. Sauer Crowley Fleck, PLLP Attorneys for Appellant-Defendant State of Montana Roger Sullivan Dustin Leftridge McGarvey Law Nathan Bellinger Andrea Rodgers Julia Olson Our Children's Trust Melissa Hornbein Barbara Chillcott Western Environmental Law Center Philip L. Gregory Gregory Law Group Attorneys for Appellees-Plaintiffs Ryen L. Godwin Lindsay Thane SCHWABE, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. Attorney for Amicus Curiae Applicant Navajo Transitional Energy Company
Appeal from the Montana First Judicial Court Lewis and Clark County The Honorable Kathy Seeley, Presiding District Court Cause No. CDV 2020-307
Dale Schowengerdt Landmark Law PLLC Lee M. McKenna Montana DEQ
Attorneys for Appellants-Defendants Department of Environmental Quality, Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Department of Transportation, and Governor Gianforte
Austin Knudsen Michael D. Russell Thane Johnson Montana Department of Justice
Emily Jones Special Assistant Attorney General Jones Law Firm, PLLC
Mark L. Stermitz Crowley Fleck, PLLP
Selena Z. Sauer Crowley Fleck, PLLP
Attorneys for Appellant-Defendant State of Montana
Roger Sullivan Dustin Leftridge McGarvey Law
Nathan Bellinger Andrea Rodgers Julia Olson Our Children's Trust
Melissa Hornbein Barbara Chillcott Western Environmental Law Center
Philip L. Gregory Gregory Law Group
Attorneys for Appellees-Plaintiffs
Ryen L. Godwin Lindsay Thane SCHWABE, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.
Attorney for Amicus Curiae Applicant Navajo Transitional Energy Company
[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL ENERGY COMPANY, LLC'S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE A BRIEF OF AMICUS CURIAE
The Court has considered the Motion for Leave to File Brief of Amicus Curiae of Navajo Transitional Energy Company, LLC ("NTEC"), and good cause appearing therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Motion is GRANTED.
NTEC's Amicus Brief shall be due ten (10) calendar days after Appellants file their Opening Brief.