Bitterroot River Protective Ass'n v. Bitterroot Conservation District

¶1 Appellants Walter R. Babcock, et al., John and Kathy Lewis, et al. (referred to collectively as “Landowners”), and Marnell Corrao Associates, Inc. (“Marnell”) appeal from the order entered by the District Court for the Twenty-First Judicial District, Ravalli County, awarding Appellee Bitterroot River Protective Association, Inc. (“BRPA”), attorney fees in the amount of $319,405.65. We affirm and remand. Appellants raise two issues, which we restate as follows:

¶2 1. Did the District Court lose jurisdiction to rule on BRPA’s motion for attorney fees by operation ofM. R. Civ. P. 59(g)?

¶3 2.…