Legal Opinion
McDonald v. Washington
Montana Supreme Court
Decided November 4, 1993No. 92-547PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Nelson
This is an interlocutory appeal in a class action lawsuit from the Second Judicial District Court, Silver Bow County. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
The appellants are past and present “consumers” of water provided by the Butte Water Company (BWC). The respondents are Dennis Washington, who became the sole shareholder of BWC in 1985, and the former owners of the BWC.
We restate the issues on appeal and cross-appeal:
1. Did the District Court err in defining the class to include water consumers who were billed for water service but exclude those who were not?
2. Did the District Court err…
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