The City of Missoula's effort to force the sale of Mountain Water Company will be expensive, win or lose, says Mayor John Engen, but he feels the cost is worthwhile if the city can own its own water utility.
When Cody Marble was 17 years old, he was charged with raping a 13 year-old boy in the juvenile wing of the Missoula County Jail. He was convicted of sexual intercourse without consent in 2002, and sent to prison, all the while proclaiming his innocence.
The Montana Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Friday morning in the City of Missoula v Mountain Water Company case at the University of Montana in Missoula.
It was revealed on Friday, that MCAT, Missoula Community Access Television, will offer live streaming of the Montana Supreme Court oral arguments to be heard at the University of Montana on April 22.
On Friday, the Montana Public Service Commission ruled against the Mountain Water Company and its parent company Liberty Utilities, stating the sale was not legally authorized,
Today the Montana Supreme Court announced that it will hear oral arguments in Mountain Water’s appeal of the district court’s ruling on necessity in the condemnation case.
Missoula Attorney Quentin Rhoades will be representing Montana State Representative Art Wittich in a dispute both men say revolves around free speech and the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling.