Court Opinion

ID: 9792043
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 02:22:19.560144+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:37:40.120146
License: Public Domain

JUSTICE HUNT,
concurring:
I concur in the foregoing opinion of Justice Sheehy. In addition, I would award attorney fees to respondent Sportsmen.
Sportsmen is a non-profit citizens’ group with limited resources. It has acted to protect Montana’s water resources when our public servant, DHES, has been unwilling to do so. To this end, it has been forced to engage in protracted litigation, oftentimes in the face of questionable tactics by appellants.
Montana is fortunate to have citizens’ groups and attorneys such as these who are willing to take on public causes. They are entitled to attorney fees.