Legal Opinion
In Re the Water Complaint of Kelly
Montana Supreme Court
Decided February 2, 2010No. DA 09-0313PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cotter
¶1 Plaintiffs Clarice Dreyer and Steve Kelly (Dreyer-Kellys) and Amelia C. Kelly 1 appeal from decisions of the Eighteenth Judicial District Court denying the plaintiffs’ dissatisfied water users’ complaints. We affirm.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUD
¶2 The plaintiffs in this case are the owners of water rights in the Middle Cottonwood Creek in Gallatin County, Montana. The Dreyer-Kellys hold water rights designated as 41H-W-101024 and 41H-W-115513-01. Amelia Kelly’s water rights are designated as 41H-W-023562 and 41H-W-03379.
¶3 On March 2,1993, the Montana Department of Natural Resources and…
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