High Court Rules for Power Company Over Montana Dams
Flathead Beacon Headlines
February 22, 2012 1:30 PM
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court sided with a power company Wednesday in a dispute with Montana over who owns the riverbeds beneath 10 dams sitting on three Montana rivers, although the governor of Montana quickly declared that the state really got most of what it wanted.
In a case that reached back to the travels of Lewis and Clark more than 200 years ago, the court voted unanimously to throw out a state court ruling that could have cost the company, PPL Montana, more than $50 million.
