Stokes v. STATE EX REL. MONTANA DOT

¶1 John P. Stokes, Skyline Broadcaster, Inc., and Z-600, Inc. (collectively Stokes) appeal from the order of the First Judicial District Court, Lewis and Clark County, granting the State of Montana’s (State) cross-motion for summary judgment on Stokes’s claim for tortious interference with his easement. We affirm.

¶2 We review whether the District Court correctly granted the State’s motion for summary judgment based on its determination that Stokes had failed to present a prima facie case of tortious interference with his easement?

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶3 Stokes owns and operates a…