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Date Created: 2023-06-13 22:05:56.150367+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:19:55.089947
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06/13/2023

            IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA                                Case Number: DA 23-0317

                                        DA 23-0317                     FLED
                                                                       JUN 1 3 2023
 TOWN OF KEVIN,                                                      Bowen Groenwood
                                                                   Clerk of Supreme Court
                                                                      State of Anontana
              Plaintiff and Appellee,

       v.
                                                                     ORDER
 NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA REGIONAL
 WATER AUTHORITY,

              Defendant and Appellant.

       Defendant and Appellant North Central Montana Regional Water Authority
(NCMRWA) filed a notice of appeal from the Twelfth Judicial District Court, Cause No.
DV-20-055.
       NCMRWA asserts that this appeal is taken from an order certified as final by the
District Court pursuant to M. R. Civ. P. 54(b), and it further asserts that such order is
attached to its Notice of Appeal. The order attached to the Notice of Appeal is a not a Rule
54(b) certification.
       Under Rule 54(b)(1), when an action presents more than one claim for relief or when
multiple parties are involved the court may direct entry of a final judgment as to one or
more, but fewer than all claims or parties only if the court expressly determines that there
is no just reason for delay. The record in this case has not yet been transmitted to this
Court. We requested and obtained a Case Register Report from the Clerk of the Hill
County District Court, and from our review of this Report, it is not readily apparent as to
whether this matter is fully adjudicated, and thus appealable pursuant to M. R. App. P. 6(1),
or whether proper certification is lacking.
       IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that, within 20 days of the date of this Order,
Appellant shall either file an Amended Notice of Appeal if this matter is appealable
pursuant to M. R. App. P. 6(1), or shall file the necessary certification from the District
Court for this matter to proceed as an appeal under M. R. Civ. P. 54(b).
      If Appellant fails to file in accordance with this Order, this appeal shall be dismissed
without prejudice and without further notice.
      The Clerk is directed to provide copies of this Order to all counsel of record.
      DATED this     1.3   day of June, 2023.

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