Legal Opinion
United States v. Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co.
District Court, D. Montana
Decided July 21, 1977No. CV 75-138-MPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RUSSELL E. SMITH, Chief Judge.
Defendant Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company (Mountain Bell) is a public utility providing telephone service in the State of Montana. The Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes (Tribes) were organized pursuant to the Act of June 18, 1934, 48 Stat. 984, as amended, 25 U.S.C. § 461 et seq., and own the beneficial title to lands within the exterior boundaries of the Flathead Indian Reservation. Mountain Bell provides long-distance telephone service to the Reservation town of Hot Springs, Montana, with a line running from Perma, Montana. In 1971 the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Lone Wolf v. HitchcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Union Pacific Railroad v. Laramie Stock Yards Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1913
- United States v. Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Bolinger v. City of BozemanMontana Supreme Court · 1972
- Howard v. Flathead Independent Tel. Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1914
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