Yellowstone Valley Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Ostermiller

This is an appeal from a portion of a judgment of a Yellowstone County District Court ruling that section 69-4-603, MCA, does not constitute a taking of property without due process though it requires electric utilities and rural electric cooperatives to provide wire-raising services without reimbursement.

Plaintiff-appellant, Yellowstone Valley Electric Cooperative, Inc. is a rural electric cooperative providing electric service to rural customers by means of electric transmission and distribution network. Many of the lines constituting this network cross public highways and streets.…