Court Opinion

ID: 9902299
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-11-25 00:05:53.518596+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:21:48.807550
License: Public Domain

11/24/2023

            IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA

                                      DA 23-0225
                                   _________________

 MONTANA ENVIRONMENTAL
 INFORMATION CENTER and SIERRA CLUB,

              Plaintiffs, Appellees,
              and Cross-Appellants,

       v.

 MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF
 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND                                           ORDER
 NORTHWESTERN ENERGY, INC.,

              Defendants, Appellants,
              and Cross-Appellees,

 STATE OF MONTANA, by and through
 the OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL,

              Intervenor-Defendant.
                                 _________________

       Counsel for Appellees Montana Environmental Information Center and Sierra Club
have filed an Unopposed Motion for Leave to File Combined Reply Brief. They also
request an extension of time until 14 days after Intervenor State of Montana files its brief,
which is due December 13, 2023.
       Pursuant to M. R. App. P. 12(3), “[o]nly one reply brief may be filed, regardless of
the number of appellees’ briefs filed, and the rule 11(3) word or page limit for reply briefs
applies even if the reply brief also contains a response to a cross-appeal.”
       IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Appellees are granted an extension of time to and
including December 28, 2023, to file their reply brief.
       No further extensions will be granted.

                                                                               Electronically signed by:
                                                                                     Mike McGrath
                                                                        Chief Justice, Montana Supreme Court
                                                                                  November 24 2023