Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Our Lady of the Rockies, Inc. v. Peterson

Montana Supreme Court

Decided April 1, 2008No. 05-057Published

1Concurrence

JUSTICE NELSON,

specially concurring.

¶70 The specific issue presented on this appeal is whether the District Court erred in its determination that, as a matter of law, the federal government created a public road by express reservation in the Cobban Placer documents of conveyance. I believe the Court’s Opinion correctly and fully resolves this issue.

¶71 As for OLR’s R.S. 2477 theory, the District Court considered this theory and determined that “questions of material fact exist and the issue cannot be resolved by summary judgment.” The Dissent states that the District Court erred in this…

2Cases cited43 opinions

  1. President of Cincinnati v. Lessee of WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1832
  2. Deffeback v. HawkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
  3. Sierra Club v. HodelCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1988
  4. Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance v. Bureau of Land ManagementCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2005
  5. San Juan County, Utah v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2007

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