MEIC v. Montana DEQ

Opinion

02/02/2024

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STA1E 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 NORTHWES1 ERN CORPORATION,

Defendants, Appellants, and Cross-Appellees,

STA lb OF MONTANA, by and through the OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL,

Intervenor-Defendant.

Pursuant to the Internal Operating Rules of this Court, this cause is classified for oral argument before the Court sitting en banc and is hereby set for argument on Monday, April 22, 2024, at 10:30 a.m. in the Strand Union Building, Ballroom A on the campus of Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, with an introduction to the oral argument beginning at 10:00 a.m. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that pursuant to M. R. App. P. 17(3), oral argument times in this cause number shall be forty (40) minutes for the Appellants and thirty (30) minutes for the Appellees. Counsel should be mindful of the provisions of M. R. App. P. 17(6). The Court will not entertain any motions to reschedule. The Clerk of this Court is directed to provide a copy of this Order to all counsel of record, Andrea Lower, Court Administrator of the Eighteenth Judicial District, Sara Callow, Pre-Law Advisor, Montana State University, Elaine Gagliardi, Dean, Alexander Blewett III School of Law, University of Montana, John Mudd, Executive Director, State Bar of Montana, and Honorable Thomas Pardy, District Judge.

2 Electronically signed by: Mike McGrath Chief Justice, Montana Supreme Court February 2 2024