Legal Opinion
Mattson v. Montana Power Co.
Montana Supreme Court
Decided August 25, 2009No. DA 07-0353PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Nelson
¶1 Flathead Lake, located in northwest Montana, is the largest natural freshwater lake west of the Mississippi. It is 28 miles long and 15 miles wide (at its broadest points) and covers 191 square miles. Its two primary tributaries are the upper Flathead River and the Swan River, which enter from the north and east. The lake drains to the *215south into the lower Flathead River. In the 1930s, Montana Power Company (MPC) constructed Kerr Dam on the lower Flathead River 4.5 miles downstream of the lake’s natural outlet. The dam regulates Flathead Lake’s water level and generates electrical power…
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