Legal Opinion
In Re the Crow Water Compact
Montana Supreme Court
Decided July 29, 2015No. DA 14-0567PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice McGRATH
¶1 Members of the Crow Allottees Association appeal from the Montana Water Court’s order of July 30, 2014, dismissing their objections to the Crow Water Compact and refusing to stay proceedings. We affirm.
ISSUES
¶2 Issue One: Whether the Water Court applied the proper legal standard of review in granting the motions to dismiss the Allottees’ objections.
¶3 Issue Two: Whether the Water Court exceeded its jurisdiction by dismissing the Allottees’ objections rather than staying consideration of the Compact pending resolution of the Allottees’ action in United States District Court.
¶4 Issue Three:…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Winters v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- United States v. PowersSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- State Ex Rel. Greely v. Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead ReservationMontana Supreme Court · 1985
- Skelton Ranch, Inc. v. Pondera County Canal & Reservoir Co.Montana Supreme Court · 2014
- In Re Estate of Big SpringMontana Supreme Court · 2011
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3Cited by8 opinions
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