Montana Water Court Decisions 2024
Tom Carey Cattle Co.; Dunn Canyon Cattle Co.; X-C Ranch Inc., Tom Carey Cattle Co.; Dunn Canyon Cattle Co.; X-C Ranch Inc.
Date: March 29, 2024
Docket Number: 41E-0175-R-2024
Date: March 29, 2024
Docket Number: 41E-0175-R-2024
Brogan LP; Western Shamballa Inc.; Church Universal & Triumphant Inc., United States of America (USDA Forest Service); Brogan LP; Church Universal & Triumphant Inc.
Date: March 29, 2024
Docket Number: 43B-1019-R-2021
Date: March 29, 2024
Docket Number: 43B-1019-R-2021
Holdings LLC; Arthur L. Burns Jr. & Catherine L. Burns Trust; Christopher J. Jensen; Lydia A. Jensen; South Fork LLC, Trout Unlimited
Date: March 27, 2024
Docket Number: 43B-0323-R-2021
Date: March 27, 2024
Docket Number: 43B-0323-R-2021
John A. Sneesby; Idell Weydemeyer Survivors Trust; David Meredith Bypass Trust
Date: March 27, 2024
Docket Number: 76D-0518-R-2023
Date: March 27, 2024
Docket Number: 76D-0518-R-2023
Paul T. Smith Ranches Inc.; Paul B. Smith, Paul B. Smith
Date: March 26, 2024
Docket Number: 41E-0199-R-2024
Date: March 26, 2024
Docket Number: 41E-0199-R-2024
BNSF Railway Co.; Town of Stanford, BNSF Railway Co
Date: March 25, 2024
Docket Number: 41S-0019-R-2024
Date: March 25, 2024
Docket Number: 41S-0019-R-2024
Forty Mile Colony, United States of America (Bureau of Indian Affairs), Forty Mile Colony
Date: March 25, 2024
Docket Number: 42A-0033-I-2023
Date: March 25, 2024
Docket Number: 42A-0033-I-2023
American Prairie Foundation; United States of America (Dept of Interior Fish & Wildlife Service), American Prairie Foundation; United States of America (Dept of Interior Fish & Wildlife Service)
Date: March 22, 2024
Docket Number: 40E-0078-R-2022
Date: March 22, 2024
Docket Number: 40E-0078-R-2022
Cerise Ranch LLC, United States of America (USDA Forest Service)
Date: March 18, 2024
Docket Number: 41E-0167-R-2024
Date: March 18, 2024
Docket Number: 41E-0167-R-2024
Tom Carey Cattle Co.; Dunn Canyon Cattle Co., Tom Carey Cattle Co.; Dunn Canyon Cattle Co.
Date: March 18, 2024
Docket Number: 41E-0174-R-2024
Date: March 18, 2024
Docket Number: 41E-0174-R-2024
Franklin C. Carey; Michael J. Carey; Patrick E. Carey; Vincent J. Carey, Harold Shervin; Claudette Shervin
Date: March 18, 2024
Docket Number: 41E-0230-R-2024
Date: March 18, 2024
Docket Number: 41E-0230-R-2024
John Carey Ranch Co., Harold Shervin; Claudette Shervin
Date: March 14, 2024
Docket Number: 41E-0250-R-2024
Date: March 14, 2024
Docket Number: 41E-0250-R-2024
Anna Schneider; Michael Schneider, Anna Schneider; Michael Schneider
Date: March 14, 2024
Docket Number: 41I-0102-R-2023
Date: March 14, 2024
Docket Number: 41I-0102-R-2023
Clayton R. Busch; Joyce C. Busch, Clayton R. Busch S
Date: March 14, 2024
Docket Number: 41S-0022-R-2024
Date: March 14, 2024
Docket Number: 41S-0022-R-2024
Robert M. Duberow; Carol J. Murray; Tina Murray; William S. Murray; Kelly G. Watson Marital Trust Oct
Date: March 14, 2024
Docket Number: 76D-0560-R-2024
Date: March 14, 2024
Docket Number: 76D-0560-R-2024
Carlson Ranch Limited Partnership, United States of America (USDA Forest Service)
Date: March 13, 2024
Docket Number: 41E-0165-R-2024
Date: March 13, 2024
Docket Number: 41E-0165-R-2024
Cassandra J. Fadness; Leroy H. Fadness, Hamilton Farms
Date: March 13, 2024
Docket Number: 41E-0216-R-2024
Date: March 13, 2024
Docket Number: 41E-0216-R-2024
Grizzly Ridge Bison Ranch, LLC, Blackfeet Tribe; United States of America (Bureau of Indian Affairs)
Date: March 8, 2024
Docket Number: 40T-0003-I-2023
Date: March 8, 2024
Docket Number: 40T-0003-I-2023
Edgar C. Nelson; Kathie L. Phillips; Robert C. Phillips
Date: March 7, 2024
Docket Number: 76D-0601-R-2024
Date: March 7, 2024
Docket Number: 76D-0601-R-2024
Donna J. Gilmer; Deborah J. McCauley; Douglas J. McCauley; Ryan Topel-Gilmer, Donna J. Gilmer; United States of America (USDA Forest Service)
Date: March 6, 2024
Docket Number: 41E-0180-R-2024
Date: March 6, 2024
Docket Number: 41E-0180-R-2024
Brogan LP; Western Shamballa Inc.; Church Universal & Triumphant Inc., United States of America (USDA Forest Service); Brogan LP; Church Universal & Triumphant Inc.
Date: March 4, 2024
Docket Number: 43B-1019-R-2021
Date: March 4, 2024
Docket Number: 43B-1019-R-2021
United States of America (Bureau of Land Management)
Date: March 1, 2024
Docket Number: 40EJ-6001-A-2024
Date: March 1, 2024
Docket Number: 40EJ-6001-A-2024
Watson Land Company, United States of America (Bureau of Indian Affairs); Blackfeet Tribe
Date: March 1, 2024
Docket Number: 40T-0004-I-2023
Date: March 1, 2024
Docket Number: 40T-0004-I-2023
Jody L. Hillyard; Sean C. Wilson; Kimberly A Moody; Marshall J Moody
Date: February 29, 2024
Docket Number: 76D-0564-R-2024
Date: February 29, 2024
Docket Number: 76D-0564-R-2024
John Pullman; Susan Pullman, John Pullman; Susan Pullman
Date: February 28, 2024
Docket Number: 41E-0201-R-2024
Date: February 28, 2024
Docket Number: 41E-0201-R-2024
Lila Laas Irrevocable Living Trust, Eagle Creek Colony
Date: February 28, 2024
Docket Number: 41N-0007-R-2019
Date: February 28, 2024
Docket Number: 41N-0007-R-2019
Nancy A. Ward; Kerry A. Gunther; Bonnie Lynn; Gerald A. Snyder; Susan P. Snyder; Yellowstone Park Riverfront Condominiums Inc., Church Universal & Triumphant Inc.
Date: February 28, 2024
Docket Number: 43B-0630-R-2022
Date: February 28, 2024
Docket Number: 43B-0630-R-2022
Christopher Gourley; Michael A. Gourley Tee Bar Ranch, Co., Tee Bar Ranch, Co.
Date: February 26, 2024
Docket Number: 41K-0080-R-2023
Date: February 26, 2024
Docket Number: 41K-0080-R-2023
Phillip A. Ulrich & Beth V. Caplan Living Trust
Date: February 20, 2024
Docket Number: 41G-0620-R-2024
Date: February 20, 2024
Docket Number: 41G-0620-R-2024
Uthaug Livestock Inc., United States of America (Bureau of Land Management)
Date: February 16, 2024
Docket Number: 40D-0031-R-2023
Date: February 16, 2024
Docket Number: 40D-0031-R-2023
Frank Walsh & Sara Hagel Revocable Trust, United States Forest Service
Date: February 16, 2024
Docket Number: 41K-0068-R-2023
Date: February 16, 2024
Docket Number: 41K-0068-R-2023
State of Montana Board of Land Commissioners, State of Montana Board of Land Commissioners
Date: February 16, 2024
Docket Number: 41K-0091-R-2023
Date: February 16, 2024
Docket Number: 41K-0091-R-2023
Hooker Cattle Co., United States of America (Bureau of Land Management)
Date: February 14, 2024
Docket Number: 40D-0012-R-2023
Date: February 14, 2024
Docket Number: 40D-0012-R-2023
Harrison Land & Livestock, LLC; MPH Holdings LLC, Harrison Land & Livestock, LLC
Date: February 14, 2024
Docket Number: 41Q-0118-I-2023
Date: February 14, 2024
Docket Number: 41Q-0118-I-2023
Edward F. Arnott Testamentary Trust; Linda J. Eklund; JPS Ranches; Susan Lucy Arnott; Margaret (Peggy) A. Bergsagel; Erik Engebretson
Date: February 12, 2024
Docket Number: 41S-0206-R-2024
Date: February 12, 2024
Docket Number: 41S-0206-R-2024
Veseth & Veseth Livestock Co.; Martin Sandvick, Veseth & Veseth Livestock Co. Implied Claims
Date: February 9, 2024
Docket Number: MWTC_40E-0017-R-2022
Date: February 9, 2024
Docket Number: MWTC_40E-0017-R-2022
Wade W. Jacobsen, United States of America (Bureau of Land Management)
Date: February 7, 2024
Docket Number: 41K-0026-R-2023
Date: February 7, 2024
Docket Number: 41K-0026-R-2023
Burt J. Keltner; United States of America (Bureau of Land Management)
Date: February 6, 2024
Docket Number: 42M-0013-I-2023
Date: February 6, 2024
Docket Number: 42M-0013-I-2023
Montana State Board of Land Commissioners, Rose A. Stoneberg
Date: February 5, 2024
Docket Number: 40E-0012-R-2022
Date: February 5, 2024
Docket Number: 40E-0012-R-2022
Janet M Hensleigh; Jerome L Hensleigh; Patrick F Hensleigh; Robert J Hensleigh; Ryan M Hensleigh; Shane W Hensleigh
Date: February 2, 2024
Docket Number: 40D-0242-R-2023
Date: February 2, 2024
Docket Number: 40D-0242-R-2023
Eggebrecht Liv Trt; Forest W. McKenzie; Jennifer C. McKenzie; Kevin P. McKenzie; Brittany Murphy; Rodrigues Anderson Revocable Trust, City of Bozeman
Date: February 2, 2024
Docket Number: 41H-0107-R-2023
Date: February 2, 2024
Docket Number: 41H-0107-R-2023
Shaw Butte Land Co., LLC, Shaw Butte Land Co., LLC
Date: February 2, 2024
Docket Number: 41K-0055-R-2023
Date: February 2, 2024
Docket Number: 41K-0055-R-2023
Joan P. Wellman; Robert E. Wellman Jr., Blackfeet Tribe; United States of America (Bureau of Indian Affairs)
Date: February 2, 2024
Docket Number: 41M-0025-P-2017
Date: February 2, 2024
Docket Number: 41M-0025-P-2017
USA (Department of Agriculture Forest Service)
Date: January 31, 2024
Docket Number: 41K-0223-R-2023
Date: January 31, 2024
Docket Number: 41K-0223-R-2023
John R. Cobb; Cobb & Cobb LLC; Michaela Sarah Hamilton Howe-Cobb Trust; Morgan Helen Worthington Howe-Cobb Trust, United States of America (USDA Forest Service)
Date: January 30, 2024
Docket Number: 41K-0018-R-2023
Date: January 30, 2024
Docket Number: 41K-0018-R-2023
Hugh (Dan) Sands; Rita D. Sands, State of Montana Board of Land Commissioners
Date: January 30, 2024
Docket Number: 41K-0052-R-2023
Date: January 30, 2024
Docket Number: 41K-0052-R-2023
Emily P. Berg Trust; Big Sky Moonrise LLC; Nancy Perkins Docherty; Mary L. Perkins; Sarah E. Perkins; Warren K. & Ellavina T. Perkins Trust; United States of America (USDA Forest Service); Van Dyke Ranch LLC, Emily P. Berg Trust; Big Sky Moonrise LLC; Nancy Perkins Docherty; Mary L. Perkins; Sarah E. Perkins; Warren K. Perkins; United States of America (USDA Forest Service)
Date: January 30, 2024
Docket Number: 43B-0536-R-2021
Date: January 30, 2024
Docket Number: 43B-0536-R-2021
Jerry G. Bowen; Brett R. Fagenstrom; Kim J. Fagenstrom; Kurt J. Fagenstrom; John Robert Sechena; Robert W. Sechena, John Robert Sechena; United States of America (USDA Forest Service), John Robert Sechena
Date: January 29, 2024
Docket Number: 41K-0015-R-2023
Date: January 29, 2024
Docket Number: 41K-0015-R-2023
Sixbarn Family Trust Timothy J. Wylder; David M. Wipf
Date: January 26, 2024
Docket Number: 41K-0461-R-2023
Date: January 26, 2024
Docket Number: 41K-0461-R-2023
Lila Laas Irrevocable Living Trust, Eagle Creek Colony
Date: January 26, 2024
Docket Number: 41N-0007-R-2019
Date: January 26, 2024
Docket Number: 41N-0007-R-2019
Dana G. Phipps; Timothy A. Phipps; Snowbelt Angus Ranch Co.
Date: January 23, 2024
Docket Number: 40D-0280-R-2023
Date: January 23, 2024
Docket Number: 40D-0280-R-2023
Masolo Ranch; Polly Robertson; Randall P. Robertson, Randall P. Robertson
Date: January 23, 2024
Docket Number: 41I-2013-R-2023
Date: January 23, 2024
Docket Number: 41I-2013-R-2023
United States of America (USDA Forest Service)
Date: January 23, 2024
Docket Number: 76D-0554-R-2024
Date: January 23, 2024
Docket Number: 76D-0554-R-2024
George L. Cremer; Leo J. Cremer Jr., Cremer Rodeo Land & Livestock Co.
Date: January 22, 2024
Docket Number: 40A-0634-R-2023
Date: January 22, 2024
Docket Number: 40A-0634-R-2023
Joseph P. Nelson; TRI G River Ranch LLC, Joseph P. Nelson
Date: January 22, 2024
Docket Number: 41I-0054-R-2023
Date: January 22, 2024
Docket Number: 41I-0054-R-2023
USA (Department of Agriculture Forest Service)
Date: January 18, 2024
Docket Number: 41K-0236-R-2023
Date: January 18, 2024
Docket Number: 41K-0236-R-2023
James J. Conner; Teresa C. Conner, City of Townsend
Date: January 17, 2024
Docket Number: 41I-0047-R-2023
Date: January 17, 2024
Docket Number: 41I-0047-R-2023
Springwater Colony Inc., Deadmans Basin Water Users Assn; State of Montana Department of Natural Resources
Date: January 16, 2024
Docket Number: 40A-0242-R-2022
Date: January 16, 2024
Docket Number: 40A-0242-R-2022
Donna M. Schmidt Trust; Gail M. Schmidt-Compton
Date: January 16, 2024
Docket Number: 40D-0291-R-2023
Date: January 16, 2024
Docket Number: 40D-0291-R-2023
Burnt Hollow LLC, Burnt Hollow LLC, Lockhart Meadows LLC
Date: January 16, 2024
Docket Number: 41E-1000-R-2023
Date: January 16, 2024
Docket Number: 41E-1000-R-2023
Sherry J. Scoffield Family Trust; Ward Scoffield Family Trust
Date: January 16, 2024
Docket Number: 41I-0002-R-2023
Date: January 16, 2024
Docket Number: 41I-0002-R-2023
Candice Chatfield; Christian C. Chatfield Teresa C. Conner, City of Townsend
Date: January 16, 2024
Docket Number: 41I-0046-R-2023
Date: January 16, 2024
Docket Number: 41I-0046-R-2023
Ernest G. Elliott; Elliott E. Family Partnership LLP; Elliott Ranch LLC, Elliott Ranch LLC
Date: January 16, 2024
Docket Number: 41I-0056-R-2023
Date: January 16, 2024
Docket Number: 41I-0056-R-2023
Daniela J. Bennion; Brett R. Bennion I- Daniela J. Bennion; Brett R. Bennion
Date: January 16, 2024
Docket Number: 42M-0003-I-2023
Date: January 16, 2024
Docket Number: 42M-0003-I-2023
Church Universal & Triumphant Inc.; United States of America, USDA Forest Service, Church Universal & Triumphant Inc.; United States of America, USDA Forest Service
Date: January 16, 2024
Docket Number: 43B-0643-R-2022
Date: January 16, 2024
Docket Number: 43B-0643-R-2022
Eleanor L. Grande; Judy L. Johnson; Vickie L. Zikmund, United States of America Department of Agriculture Forest Service
Date: January 12, 2024
Docket Number: 40A-0424-R-2023
Date: January 12, 2024
Docket Number: 40A-0424-R-2023
Jefferson Acres Property Owners Assn., Nelson Spring Creek Ranch; United States of America (Bureau of Reclamation)
Date: January 12, 2024
Docket Number: 41G-0534-R-2022
Date: January 12, 2024
Docket Number: 41G-0534-R-2022
John R. Cobb; Cobb & Cobb LLC; Michaela Sarah Hamilton Howe-Cobb Trust; Morgan Helen Worthington Howe-Cobb Trust
Date: January 10, 2024
Docket Number: 41K-0030-R-2023
Date: January 10, 2024
Docket Number: 41K-0030-R-2023
Rebecca J. McLaughlin; Elizabeth F. Smith; Margaret M. Gibbons; Donald L. Gibbons
Date: January 10, 2024
Docket Number: 76D-0539-R-2023
Date: January 10, 2024
Docket Number: 76D-0539-R-2023
Skierka & Sons Co., Blackfeet Tribe; United States of America (Bureau of Indian Affairs)
Date: January 9, 2024
Docket Number: 40F-0003-I-2023
Date: January 9, 2024
Docket Number: 40F-0003-I-2023
BFR Family Limited Partnership LLLP; Anthony R. Chater; Pleasant View Ranch LLC; Steven R. Taylor; Lisa D. Taylor, Steven M. Swan, Kelly R. Hall, BFR Family Limited Partnership LLLP; Anthony R. Chater; Steven R. Taylor; Lisa D. Taylor; Gidions View Trust; Von Bergen Properties LLC, Steven M. Swan, Pleasant View Ranch LLC, Kelly R. Hall, Elizabeth A. Hall; Kelly R. Hall, BFR Family Limited Partnership LLLP
Date: January 9, 2024
Docket Number: 41G-0080-R-2021
Date: January 9, 2024
Docket Number: 41G-0080-R-2021
BFR Family Limited Partnership LLLP; Anthony R. Chater; Pleasant View Ranch LLC; Steven R. Taylor; Lisa D. Taylor, Steven M. Swan, Kelly R. Hall, BFR Family Limited Partnership LLLP; Anthony R. Chater; Steven R. Taylor; Lisa D. Taylor; Gidions View Trust; Von Bergen Properties LLC, Steven M. Swan, Pleasant View Ranch LLC, Kelly R. Hall, Elizabeth A. Hall; Kelly R. Hall, BFR Family Limited Partnership LLLP
Date: January 9, 2024
Docket Number: 41G-0081-R-2021
Date: January 9, 2024
Docket Number: 41G-0081-R-2021
BFR Family Limited Partnership LLLP; Anthony R. Chater; Pleasant View Ranch LLC; Steven R. Taylor; Lisa D. Taylor, Steven M. Swan, Kelly R. Hall, BFR Family Limited Partnership LLLP; Anthony R. Chater; Steven R. Taylor; Lisa D. Taylor; Gidions View Trust; Von Bergen Properties LLC, Steven M. Swan, Pleasant View Ranch LLC, Kelly R. Hall, Elizabeth A. Hall; Kelly R. Hall, BFR Family Limited Partnership LLLP
Date: January 9, 2024
Docket Number: 41G-0362-R-2021
Date: January 9, 2024
Docket Number: 41G-0362-R-2021
Douglas M. Miller Family Partnership, Lloyd H. DeBruycker
Date: January 9, 2024
Docket Number: 41K-0432-R-2023
Date: January 9, 2024
Docket Number: 41K-0432-R-2023
Brenda L. Harmon; William R. Harmon; Mary Jo Harmon; Patrick R. Harmon
Date: January 8, 2024
Docket Number: 41N-0286-R-2022
Date: January 8, 2024
Docket Number: 41N-0286-R-2022
Beth Ann Lawrence; Roderick Lawrence, Montana State Board of Land Commissioners
Date: January 5, 2024
Docket Number: 40D-0017-R-2023
Date: January 5, 2024
Docket Number: 40D-0017-R-2023
Tyler M. Murnion, USA (Dept of Interior Bureau of Land Mgmt)
Date: January 5, 2024
Docket Number: 40D-0019-R-2023
Date: January 5, 2024
Docket Number: 40D-0019-R-2023
Sidney N. Herman Revocable Trust, Sidney N. Herman Revocable Trust
Date: January 5, 2024
Docket Number: 41G-0577-R-2023
Date: January 5, 2024
Docket Number: 41G-0577-R-2023
Quigley Family Trust; CK Separate Saubert Property Trust; John A. Stebbins; Thomas and Marilyn Saubert Family Trust
Date: January 5, 2024
Docket Number: 76LJ-6001-A-2023
Date: January 5, 2024
Docket Number: 76LJ-6001-A-2023
Jody L. Sandru; Rick R. Sandru, United States of America (USDA Forest Service); Jody L. Sandru; Rick R. Sandru
Date: January 4, 2024
Docket Number: 41G-0520-R-2022
Date: January 4, 2024
Docket Number: 41G-0520-R-2022
State of Montana Dept. of Natural Resources; Nilan Water Users Association
Date: January 3, 2024
Docket Number: 41K-0437-R-2023
Date: January 3, 2024
Docket Number: 41K-0437-R-2023
High 5 Slopeside LLC, United States of America (USDA Forest Service)
Date: January 3, 2024
Docket Number: 41Q-0021-I-2023
Date: January 3, 2024
Docket Number: 41Q-0021-I-2023
George C. Lande Trust, USA (Dept. of Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs)
Date: January 3, 2024
Docket Number: 43E-0119-I-2023
Date: January 3, 2024
Docket Number: 43E-0119-I-2023
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