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02/26/2024

                                                                                   Case Number: DA 23-0742

      IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA
                         CASE NO. 23-0742
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                       TOM and CAROL WILLIS,
                         Plaintiffs and Appellees,
                                      v.
                       CLIFFTON OPPEGAARD,
                                Defendant.
                                     and
             WESTERN NATIONAL MUTUAL INSURANCE
                               COMPANY,
                        Defendant and Appellant.
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               On Appeal from the Thirteenth Judicial District
          Yellowstone County Cause No. DV-56-2020-0001647-PI
                        Honorable Ashley Harada

   ORDER GRANTING PERMISSION TO FILE COMBINED BRIEFS
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      Upon the unopposed motion of Appellees Tom and Carol Willis

(collectively “Willis”) for permission to file a combined brief (1) in Answer to

Appellant Western National Mutual Insurance Company’s (“Western National’s”)

Opening Brief and (2) in support of Willis’s Motion to Dismiss the appeal based

on mootness, and for good cause showing,
      IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the motion is granted. Appellee Willis is

authorized to file a combined brief within the timeline and word limit applicable to

an Answer Brief.   Appellant Western National will respond in a combined brief.

      DATED this 26 th day of February, 2024.

                                      By:    _____________________________

                                                                        Electronically signed by:
                                                                              Mike McGrath
                                                                 Chief Justice, Montana Supreme Court
                                                                            February 26 2024