Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-01-10 18:08:20.760156+00
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01/10/2024

                 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE                      Case Number: DA 23-0575

                      STATE OF MONTANA

                        Case No. DA 23-0575

RIKKI HELD; LANDER B., by and through his guardian Sara Busse;
BADGE B., by and through his guardian Sara Busse; SARIEL
SANDOVAL; KIAN T., by and through his guardian Todd Tanner;
GEORGIANNA FISCHER; KATHRYN GRACE GIBSON-SNYDER;
EVA L., by and through her guardian Mark Lighthiser; MIKA K., by
and through his guardian Rachel Kantor; OLIVIA VESOVICH;
JEFFREY K., by and through his guardian Laura King; NATHANIEL
K., by and through his guardian Laura King; CLAIRE VLASES; RUBY
D., by and through her guardian Shane Doyle; LILIAN D., by and
through her guardian Shane Doyle; TALEAH HERNÁNDEZ,

          Plaintiffs and Appellees,

    vs.

STATE OF MONTANA, GOVERNOR GREG GIANFORTE, MONTANA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, MONTANA
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION,
and MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,

          Defendants and Appellants.

 ORDER GRANTING UNOPPOSED APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO
           FILE FRIEND OF THE COURT BRIEF

Austin Knudsen                        Melissa Hornbein
Jeremiah Langston                     Barbara Chillcott
Aislinn Brown                         Western Environmental Law
David Dewhirst                        Center
Derek Oestreicher                     103 Reeder’s Alley
Timothy Longfield                     Helena, MT 59601
Morgan Varty                         hornbein@westernlaw.org
Lee McKenna                          chillcott@westernlaw.org
Attorneys General Office
215 North Sanders                    Nathan Bellinger
P.O. Box 201401                      Mathew dos Santos
Helena, MT 59620-1401                Andrea Rodgers
Lee.mckenna@mt.gov                   Our Children’s Trust
michael.russell@mt.gov               1216 Lincoln Street
thane.johnson@mt.gov                 Eugene, OR 97401
                                     nate@ourchildrenstrust.org
Phillip L. Gregory                   andrea@ourchildrenstrust.org
Gregory Law Group                    julia@ourchildrenstrust.org
pgregory@gregorylawgroup.com
                                     Dustin Lefridge
Mark L. Stermitz                     Roger Sullivan
Selena Z. Sauer                      McGarvey Law
Crowley Fleck Attorneys PLLP         345 1st Avenue East
                                     Kalispell, MT 59901
ssauer@crowleyfleck.com              rsullivan@mcgarveylaw.com
mstermitz@crowleyfleck.com           dleftridge@mcgarveylaw.com

Quentin M. Rhoades
RHOADES & ERICKSON PLLC
430 Ryman Street
Missoula, Montana 59802
courtdocs@montanalawyer.com

     Amici parties, having filed their Unopposed Application for Leave

to File Friend of the Court Brief, and good cause appearing therefore,

     IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Application is GRANTED.

Amicus Brief shall be due on or before February 13, 2024.

     ELECTRONICALLY SIGNED AND DATED BELOW.
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                                                               Electronically signed by:
                                                                     Mike McGrath
                                                        Chief Justice, Montana Supreme Court
                                                                   January 10 2024