Public Land/Water Access Ass'n v. Jones

¶38 I dissent on the cross-appeal. The Court holds, without expressly stating, that the District Court abused its discretion by including attorney fees within the $375,000 restoration award fashioned for *277PLWA. “ ‘In an action for a declaratory judgment, § 27-8-313, MCA, may provide a statutory basis for awarding attorney fees as supplemental relief, if such an award is determined to be necessary and proper.’ ” Beebe v. Bd. of Dirs. of the Bridger Creek Subdivision Cmty. Ass’n, 2015 MT 183, ¶ 26, 379 Mont. 484, 352 P.3d 1094 (citation omitted). “We review for an abuse of discretion a district…