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Trial Day 1, Opening Statement

Trial Day 1, Fact Witness Testimony, Mae Nan Ellingson

Trial Day 1, Expert Testimony, Dr. Steven Running

Trial Day 1, Plaintiff Testimoney, Rikki H.

Trial Day 1, Plaintiff Testimony, Grace G.

Trial Day 1, Plaintiff Testimony, Eva L.

Trial Day 2, Expert Testimony, Dr. Cathy Whitlock

Trial Day 2, Plaintiff Testimony, Mica K.

Trial Day 2, Expert Testimony, Dr. Dan Fagre

Trial Day 2, Plaintiff Testimony, Badge B.

Trial Day 2, Expert Testimony, Dr. Lori Byron

Trial Day 3, Expert Testimony, Dr. Lori Byron

Trial Day 3, Expert Testimony, Shane Doyle

Trial Day 3, Expert Testimony, Michael Durglo, Jr.

Trial Day 3, Plaintiff Testimony, Sariel S.

Trial Day 3, Expert Testimony, Dr. Jack Stanford

Trial Day 3, Plaintiff Testimony, Taleah H.

Trial Day 3, Plaintiff Testimony, Georgi F.

Trial Day 4, Plaintiff Testimony, Kian T.

Trial Day 4, Expert Testimony, Anne Hedges

Trial Day 4, Plaintiff Testimony, Claire V.

Trial Day 4, Expert Testimony, Peter Erickson

Trial Day 5, Expert Testimony, Mark Jacobson

Trial Day 5, Plaintiff Testimony, Olivia V.

Trial Day 5, Expert Testimony, Dr. Lise Van Susteren

Trial Day 5, Plaintiff Testimony, Lander B.

Trial Day 6, Defense Witness Testimony, Christopher Dorrington

Trial Day 6, Defense Witness Testimony, Sonja Nowakowski

Trial Day 6, Defense Witness Testimony, Terry Anderson

Trial Day 7, Closing Statement

key documents

Court Opinions and Orders

Doc 046_2021.08.04 Order on Motion to Dismiss

Doc 393_2023.06.19 Minute Order Day 4

Doc 158_2022.06.30 Order on Rule 60(a) Motion for Clarification

Doc 394_2023.06.19 Minute Order Day 5

Doc 217_2022.09.22 Order on Second Rule 60a Motion for Clarification

Doc 395_2023.06.19 Minute Order Day 6

Doc 225_2022.10.14 Order on Motion Under Rule 35 IMEs

Doc 397_2023.06.20 Amended Minute Entry_June 14

Doc 368_2023.04.27 Trial Date Minute Order

Doc 398_2023.06.20 Amended Minute Entry_June 15

Doc 379_2023.05.23 Order On Dfs MTD For Mootness And MSJ

Doc 399_2023.06.20 Minute Entry Day 7

Doc 381_2023.06.01 Order on Motions in Limine

Doc 405_2023.08.14 Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Order

Doc 390_2023.06.19 Minute Order Day 1

Doc 417_2023.09.18 Order Granting Unopposed Motions for Certification of Orders and Stay of Attorneys' Fees and Costs

Doc 391_2023.06.19 Minute Order Day 2

Doc 432_2023.11.21 Order Denying Defs Motion for Clarification and For Stay of Judgment

Doc 392_2023.06.19 Minute Order Day 3

Doc 438_2024.01.16 Order Denying Motion for Relief - Supreme Court

Exhibits

D-A - Powder River County Montana, 2017 Agriculture Census

P229 - Highwood Air Quality Permit No. 3423-00 (2007)

D-B - Economic Impact of Agriculture, Powder River County

P231 - Record of Decisions for Silver Bow Generation Project (2002)

D-C - HB 971 – Detailed Bill Information Page

P232 - Roundup Power Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement (2002)

D-D - Terry L. Anderson CV

P233 - Checklist Environmental Assessment, Approve Drilling Permit (Form 22) for Flynn Well 2-27-35-20, Behm Energy, Inc. (2022)

P2 - Montana Climate Change Action Plan: Final Report of the Governor’s Climate Change Advisory Committee (2007)

P234 - Checklist Environmental Assessment, D&H Energy Oil and Gas Pipeline Installation, OG-20298-79 (2022)

P4 - Photo of Smoky Skies While Running (2012)

P235 - Checklist Environmental Assessment, Hiland Pipeline LUL-1281 Conversion to Easement, Kinder Morgan, Inc. (2022)

P6 - Montana Climate Assessment (2017)

P236 - Written Findings for Permit Renewal, Decker Coal Company Permit C1983007 (2012)

P8 - Photo of Smoke in Glacier National Park (2017)

P237 - Written Findings for Amendment and Mine Plan Revision, (for Amendment 3 to its current mining and reclamation plan at the Bull Mountains Mine No. 1 (SMP C1993017) (2013)

P9 - Understanding Energy in Montana (2018)

P238 - Findings for Permit Renewal - Decker Coal Company - West Pits (C1987001C) (2010)

P10 - Exec. Order No. 8-2019, Creating the Montana Climate Solutions Council and Joining the State of Montana to the U.S. Climate Alliance (2019)

P239 - Written Findings for Permit Renewal - Western Energy Company (C1985003C) (2016)

P13 - Photo of Bridge After It Was Damaged and Removed (2019)

P240 - Written Findings for Permit Renewal - Westmoreland Savage Corporation (C1984002) (2017)

P15 - Photo of Bridger Fire (2020)

P241 - Written Findings for Permit Renewal - Western Energy Company (C1986003A) (2017)

P16 - Excessive Heat Watch Screenshot (2021)

P242 - Written Findings for Permit Renewal - Western Energy Company (C1984003B) (2015)

P17 - A Montana Strategy for a Livable Environment: Conference Proceedings (1969)

P243 - Written Findings (Amendment, Bull Mountain C1993017)) (Signal Peak Energy) (2016)

P18 - Montana Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Reference Case Projections 1990-2020 (2007)

P244 - Written Findings (AM4 Additional 49 Acres Western Energy Company, Rosebud Coal Mine Area B) (2015)

P19 - An Analysis of Climate Change Policy Issues in Montana: A Report to the 61st Montana Legislature (2008)

P245 - Written Findings (Major Revision TR3 for WDA2 and Expansion of WDA1 - Bull Mountain Coal Mining Inc. C1993017) (2017)

P20 - Target Atmospheric CO2: Where Should Humanity Aim (2008)

P246 - Written Findings (Amendment Application 00185 Savage Coal Mine - Westmoreland Savage Corp. Permit No. C1984002) (2012)

P21 - Assessing “Dangerous Climate Change”: Required Reduction of Carbon Emissions to Protect Young People, Future Generations and Nature (2013)

P247 - Findings for Permit Renewal - Signal Peak Energy (C1993017) (2013)

P22 - Young People’s Burden: Requirement of Negative CO2 Emissions (2017)

P248 - Written Findings (Pearson Creek Amendment, Application 00183 Spring Creek Coal Mine - Spring Creek Coal Company Permit No. 79012) (2011)

P23 - Climate Science Special Report: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume I (2017)

P249 - Findings for Permit Renewal - Western Energy Company (C1986003D) (2011)

P28 - Letter from Governor Schweitzer to Richard Opper, Director of Montana DEQ (2005)

P250 - Written Findings for Permit Renewal - Decker Coal Company (C1987001C) (2016)

P30 - Climate Change Strategic Plan (2016)

P251 - Written Findings for Permit Renewal - Westmoreland Resources, Inc. (C1985005) (2018)

P31 - Climate Change and Human Health in Montana: A Special Report of the Montana Climate Assessment (2021)

P252 - Written Findings: Major Revision TR3 for East Decker Coal Mine (C1983007) (2018)

P34 - Greater Yellowstone Climate Assessment: Past, Present, and Future Climate Change in Greater Yellowstone Watersheds (2021)

P253 - Written Findings for Permit Renewal - Spring Creek Coal LLC (C1979012) (2019)

P35 - Park County to Declare Emergency Due to Flooding (2019)

P254 - Record of Decision & Written Findings for Rosebud Coal Mine Area F - Western Energy Company (C2011003F) (2019)

P36 - Montana Climate Solutions Plan (2020)

P255 - Record of Decision & Written Findings for Spring Creek Coal Mine - Spring Creek Coal, LLC (C1979012) (2020)

P44 - Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): Leveraging the Best Available Evidence (2019)

P256 - Written Findings for Permit Renewal - Signal Peak Energy, LLC (C1993017) (2018)

P45 - Intergenerational Inequities in Exposure to Climate Extremes (2021)

P257 - Written Findings for Permit Renewal - Decker Coal Company (C1983007) (2018)

P48 - Permitting in Montana: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (2012)

P258 - Written Findings for Permit Renewal - Decker Coal Company (C1987001C) (2021)

P61 - Agassiz Glacier. Glacier National Park, Montana. Repeat photography 1913-2007

P259 - Written Findings: Major Revision for Rosebud Coal Mine Area D Westmoreland Rosebud Mining, LLC Permit ID# C1986003D (2021)

P62 - Grinnell Glacier. Glacier National Park, Montana. Repeat photography 1910-2013

P260 - Written Findings: Major Revision for Rosebud Coal Mine Area A Westmoreland Rosebud Mining, LLC Permit ID# C1986003A (2021)

P63 - Jackson Glacier. Glacier National Park, Montana. Repeat photography 1912-2009

P262 - Climate Change: The IPCC Scientific Assessment (1990)

P64 - Sperry Glacier. Glacier National Park, Montana. Repeat photography 1908-2015

P263 - Climate Change 1995: The Science of Climate Change (1995)

P72 - Camouflage Mismatch in Seasonal Coat Color due to Decreased Snow Duration (2013)

P264 - Signal Peak Energy, LLC, Bull Mountain, Montana Air Quality Permit #3179-12 (2016)

P75 - U.S. Drought Monitor, Time Series, Montana

P265 - Gas Well File for Chapman 5 (1931)

P79 - Heat Stored in the Earth System: Where Does the Energy Go (2020)

P266 - Gas Well File for Two Horseshoes 2 (1974)

P82 - Connectivity of Streams and Wetlands to Downstream Waters: A Review and Synthesis of the Scientific Evidence Technical Report (2015)

P267 - Gas Well File for CROFT 7-32 (1976)

P83 - Mental Health and Our Changing Climate: Impacts, Implications, and Guidance (2017)

P268 - Gas Well File for Hochsprung 6-18 (1992)

P84 - Mental Health and Our Changing Climate: Impacts, Inequities, Responses (2021)

P269 - Oil Well File for Baldwin Federal 12-15 (2007)

P94 - Short Essay Regarding Time in Covid Quarantine, Fire, Climate (2020)

P270 - Oil Well File for Alice 3-21H (2008)

P95 - Photo of Smoke in Missoula Valley 3 (2021)

P271 - Gas Well File for Boggess-DIR 2-12 (2008)

P96 - Screenshot of Instagram Post of Climate Event Cancellation Due to Air Quality (2021)

P272 - Gas Well File for Bickett 3-14-34N-5W (2008)

P97 - Photo of Glacier and Stream of Water in Glacier National Park 1 (2021)

P273 - Oil Well File for #1 Heberle 33-28 (2012)

P98 - Photo of Smoky Valley in Glacier National Park (2021)

P274 - Oil Well File for 71 Ranch 44-1H (2012)

P100 - Photo of Billowing Smoke 2 (2020)

P275 - Oil Well File for Kendrick Heirs 4-6 (2016)

P101 - Photo of More Dying Trees on our Place (2016)

P276 - Express Pipeline, LLC, Montana Air Quality Permit #5121-02 (2019)

P102 - Photo of Garden View Without Smoke

P277 - Record of Decision & Written Findings for Rosebud Coal Mine Area F, Western Energy Company (2019)

P103 - Photo of a Dead Huckleberry Bush

P278 - Westmoreland Rosebud Mining LLC, Rosebud Coal Mine Area A, Montana Air Quality Permit # 1483-09 (2019)

P104 - Photo of a Healthy Huckleberry Bush

P279 - CHS Inc. Laurel Refinery, Final Title V Operating Permit #OP1821-18 (2020)

P105 - Photo of McDonald Peak Through Smoky Air

P280 - Calumet Montana Refining, LLC, Final Title V Operating Permit #OP2161-16 (2020)

P106 - Cross Country Practice Canceled Due to Smoke (2020)

P281 - Talen Montana, LLC Colstrip Steam Electric Station, Final Title V Operating Permit #OP0513-16 (2020)

P107 - Photo of Hiking in Smoky Skies 3

P282 - TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, LP, 401 Water Quality Certification (2020)

P108 - Photo of Flooding 1 (2022)

P283 - Oil Well File for Dagney 33-21 #3H (2020)

P109 - Photo of Flooding 3 (2022)

P284 - Oil Well File for Rowin 17-5 #3H (2020)

P110 - Photo of Flooding 5 (2022)

P285 - Talen Montana, LLC, Colstrip Steam Electric Station, Montana Air Quality Permit #0513-14 (2020)

P111 - Photo of Smoky Skies 3

P286 - Colstrip Energy Limited Partnership, Final Title V Operating Permit Renewal #OP2035-04 (2020)

P112 - Photo of Smoke Pillar 1

P287 - TrueNorth Steel, Montana Air Quality Permit #5249-00 (2020)

P114 - Photo of Burned Forest in Badger Two Medicine 3

P288 - NorthWestern Energy Corporation, Belfry Compressor Station, Montana Air Quality Permit #5245-00 (2020)

P116 - Climate Change, Fossil-Fuel Pollution, and Children’s Health (2022)

P289 - Malteurop North America, Inc., Great Falls Malting Plant, Montana Air Quality Permit #3238-08 (2020)

P127 - Chapter 7: Health, Wellbeing and the Changing Structure of Communities. In Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability (2022)

P290 - CHS Inc. Laurel Refinery, Final Title V Operating Permit #OP1821-19 (2021)

P138 - Minerals Management Bureau Website, Montana DNRC (2022)

P291 - Exxon Mobil Corporation Billings Petroleum Refinery, Final Title V Operating Permit #OP1564-17 (2021)

P143 - Summary for Policymakers, in Synthesis Report of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (2023)

P292 - Phillips 66 Company Great Falls Terminal, Final Title V Operating Permit #OP2946-12 (2021)

P144 - Photo of Mica Outside in the Smoke During Covid Quarantine (2020)

P293 - NorthWestern Energy Mainline #1 Compressor Station, Final Title V Operating Permit #OP2428-15 (2021)

P145 - Photo of It’s Hard to See the Mountains Behind the Garden Because of the Smoke (2014)

P294 - NorthWestern Energy, Laurel Generating Station, Montana Air Quality Permit #5261-00 (2021)

P146 - Cathy L. Whitlock Curriculum Vitae (2023)

P295 - Signal Peak Energy, LLC, Bull Mountain, Approval of MR281 (C1993017) (2022)

P150 - ONEOK Rockies Midstream, LLC, Western Compressor Station, Final Air Quality Permit #5274-01 (2023)

P296 - Phillips 66 Carrier LLC, Crude Oil Tank Farm, Glacier Pipeline, Montana Air Quality Permit #2757-06 (2016)

P154 - Michael L. Durglo Jr Curriculum Vitae (2022)

P297 - Westmoreland Rosebud Mining LLC, Rosebud Coal Mine Area F, Montana Air Quality Permit #1570-09 (2019)

P155 - Photo of Smoke on Lake (2021)

P298 - East Decker Mine, Surface Coal Mine, Montana Air Quality Permit #1435-07 (2012)

P156 - Resolution No. 23-016 of the Governing Body of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation (2022)

P299 - Westmoreland Absaloka Mine, Surface Coal Mine, Montana Air Quality Permit #1418-07 (2017)

P189 - Lori G. Byron Curriculum Vitae (2022)

P300 - Northern Border Pipeline Compressor Station No. 1, Montana Air Quality Permit #OP2979-15 (2022)

P190 - Daniel B. Fagre Curriculum Vitae (2022)

P301 - CHS Inc. Laurel Refinery, Montana Air Quality Permit #1821-32 (2013)

P191 - Mark Z. Jacobson Curriculum Vitae (2022)

P302 - Attachment 5 to Expert Report of Steven W. Running, Ph.D. and Cathy Whitlock, Ph.D. (2022)

P192 - Peter A. Erickson Curriculum Vitae (2022)

P303 - Attachment 2 to Expert Report of Daniel B. Fagre, Ph.D. (2022)

P193 - Steven W. Running Curriculum Vitae (2022)

P304 - Attachment 3 to Expert Report of Lori G. Byron, MD, MS and Robert G. Byron, MD, MPH (2022)

P194 - Jack A. Stanford Curriculum Vitae (2022)

P305 - Attachment 1 to Rebuttal Expert Report of Daniel B. Fagre, Ph.D. (2022)

P195 - Lisa C. Van Susteren, MD Curriculum Vitae (2022)

P307 - Attachment 1 to Rebuttal Expert Report of Lori G. Byron MD, MS and Robert G. Byron, MD, MPH (2022)

P214 - Attachment 2 to Expert Report of Peter A. Erickson (2022)

P308 - Attachment 2 to Expert Report of Jack Stanford (2022)

P216 - Right of Way Deed, Easement No. D-3674A, Right of Way Application No. 4351A through Government Lot 6 and Tract U, Sec. 3, Montana (2015)

P309 - Attachment 1 to Expert Report of Anne Hedges (2022)

P217 - Right of Way Deed, Right of Way Application No. 15865 through Government Lots 5, 6, 7, 11 and 22, Montana (2012)

P310 - References to Expert Report of Peter A. Erickson (2022)

P222 - Montana: State Climate Summaries (2022)

P311 - National Environmental Policy Act Guidance on Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change, Notice of interim guidance (2022)

P224 - Roundup Power Project Final Environmental Impact Statement (2003)

P312 - Attachment 6 to Expert Report of Mark Z. Jacobson, Ph.D. (2022)

P225 - Highwood Generating Station Final Environmental Impact Statement, Volume I (2007)

P313 - Attachment 2 to Expert Report of Mark Z. Jacobson, Ph.D. (2022)

P226 - Highwood Generating Station Final Environmental Impact Statement, Volume II (2007)

P314 - Attachment 1 to Rebuttal Expert Report of Mark Z. Jacobson, Ph.D. (2022)

P227 - Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Spring Creek Mine TR1 Project (2020)

P315 - Attachment 1 to Expert Report of Lise Van Susteren, M.D. (2022)

P228 - Final Environmental Impact Statement Appendices Rosebud Mine Area B AM5 (2022)

P316 - EIA Montana State Energy Profile Data; IEA search results for "Montana" (2023)

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    Legal Briefs

    Doc 012_2020.04.24 Defs BIS Motion to Dismiss

    Doc 296_2023.02.16 Pls Response to Defs MIL No. 5

    Doc 015_2020.05.29 Pls Response to Defs Motion to Dismiss

    Doc 297_2023.02.16 Pls Response to Defs MIL No. 6

    Doc 017_2020.06.11 Defs Motion to Dismiss Reply Brief

    Doc 298_2023.02.16 Pls Nonopposition to Defs MIL No. 7

    Doc 018_2020.07.02 Defs Notice of Suppl Authority

    Doc 299_2023.02.16 Pls Opp's to Defs MSJ

    Doc 019_2020.09.18 Pls Notice of Suppl Authority

    Doc 300_2023.02.14 Anne Hedges Declaration

    Doc 020-Doc 021_2020.10.26 Pls Notice of Suppl Authority

    Doc 301_2023.02.05 Georgi F. Declaration

    Doc 035-Doc 036_2020.12.28 Pls Notice of Suppl Authority, Park County Envtl and MCA

    Doc 302_2023.02.06 Mica K Declaration

    Doc 055_2021.11.29 Pls Motion for Case Scheduling Conference

    Doc 303_2023.02.06 Claire V. Declaration

    Doc 072_2022.04.18 Joint Stipulation and Proposed Protective Order

    Doc 304_2023.02.07 Rikki H. Declaration

    Doc 073_2022.04.18 Pls Witnesses and Exhibit Lists

    Doc 305_2023.02.07 Laura King Declaration

    Doc 074-Doc 079_2022.04.18 Defs Lay Witness and Exhibit Lists

    Doc 306_2023.02.07 Olivia V. Declaration

    Doc 084-Doc 086_2022.05.06 BIS of Defs Rule 60(a) Motion for Clarification of MTD Order

    Doc 307_2023.02.08 Shane Doyle Declaration

    Doc 088-Doc 094_2022.05.12 Defs BIS of Motion to Modify Scheduling Order

    Doc 308_2023.02.08 Badge B. Declaration

    Doc 089-Doc 091_2022.05.15 Declaration of Nathan Bellinger

    Doc 309_2023.02.08 Lander B. Declaration

    Doc 090-Doc 092_2022.05.15 Pls Opp'n to Defs Motion to Modify Scheduling Order

    Doc 310_2023.02.08 Sariel S. Declaration

    Doc 095-Doc 098_2022.05.17 Defs Reply ISO Motion to Modify Scheduling Order

    Doc 311_2023.02.09 Grace S. Declaration

    Doc 097-Doc 103_2022.05.18 Pls Expert Disclosures

    Doc 312_2023.02.10 Eva L. Declaration

    Doc-102_2022.05.20-Pls-Response-in-Oppn-to-Defs-Rule-60a-Motion-For-Clarification.pdf

    Doc 313_2023.02.10 Taleah H. Declaration

    Doc 105-Doc 114_2022.05.24 Defs Reply in Support of Rule 60 (a) Motion for Clarification

    Doc 314_2023.02.11 Kian T. Declaration

    Doc 107-Doc 113_2022.05.24 Supplemental Brief ISO Defs Motion to Modify Scheduling Order

    Doc 315_2023.02.15 Roger Sullivan Declaration

    Doc 108-Doc 115_2022.05.23 Affidavit of Emily Jones

    Doc 317_2023.02.28 MIL No. 2 Reply Brief ISO Motion for Remote Testimony

    Doc 111_2022.05.25 Pls Response to Defs Supplemental Brief ISO Motion to Modify Scheduling Order

    Doc 319_2023.02.28 MIL No. 3 Reply Brief ISO Motion for Hybrid Expert Testimony

    Doc 117-Doc 122_2022.06.01 Defs Expert Witness Disclosure

    Doc 322_2023.02.28 MIL No. 4 Reply Brief ISO Motion for Sheppard Testimony

    Doc 132-Doc 141_2022.06.10 Declaration of Nathan Bellinger

    Doc 323_2023.02.28 MIL No. 5 Reply Brief ISO Motion for Curry Testimony

    Doc 133-Doc 140_2022.06.10 Pls Motion 26(f) Discovery Conference

    Doc 325_2023.02.28 MIL No. 6 Reply Brief ISO Motion for Admission into Evidence of the Parties' Expert Reports

    Doc 147-Doc 149_2022.06.15 Response to Pls Motion for 26(f) Conference

    Doc 327_2023.02.28 MIL No. 7 Reply Brief ISO Motion for Document Admissibility

    Doc 150-Doc 153_2022.06.24 Pls Motion to Amend Case Caption

    Doc 329_2023.02.28 Notice of Suppl Expert Disclosure Jacobson

    Doc 151-Doc 154_2022.06.24 Pls BIS Motion to Amend Caption

    Doc 330-Doc 333_2023.02.28 State of Montana's Combined Reply Brief ISO Motions in Limine

    Doc 162-Doc 172_2022.07.19 Defs Rule 35 Motion for IME

    Doc 331-Doc 332_2023.02.28 State's Reply re MSJ

    Doc 165_2022.07.12 Defs Unopposed Motion to File Brief Under Seal

    Doc 334-Doc 335_2023.03.17 Joint Motion to Waive Mediation

    Doc 167-Doc 170_2022.07.20 Defs BIS Second Rule 60(a) Motion for Clarification

    Doc 338-Doc 342_2023.03.31 MTD re Mootness

    Doc 168-Doc 171_2022.07.20 Defs Motion for Expedited Consideration on 2nd Rule 60(a) Motion for Clarification

    Doc 339-Doc 343_2023.03.31 Brief ISO MTD re Mootness

    Doc 178-Doc 179_2022.07.27 Pls Response in Opp'n to Defs 2nd Rule 60(a) Motion

    Doc 341-Doc 345_2023.03.31 Brief ISO Motion to Stay Proceedings

    Doc 181-Doc 184_2022.08.01 BIS State's Motion for Rule 26(f) Discovery Conference

    Doc 346-Doc 351_2023.04.15 Defs Notice of Supplemental Authority

    Doc 182-Doc 185_2022.08.02 Pls Answer Brief to Def Rule 35 Motion for IME

    Doc 347-Doc 350_2023.04.11 Defs Request for Status Conference

    Doc 187-Doc 188_2022.08.10 Reply ISO State's 2nd Rule 60{a) Motion for Clarification

    Doc 348-Doc 349_2023.04.12 Pls Opp'n to Defs Motion to Stay

    Doc 189_2022.08.15 Pls Response to Defs Motion for Rule 26(f) Discovery Conference Motion

    Doc 353_2023.04.14 Notice of Suppl Expert Disclosure Trenberth

    Doc 190_2022.08.15 Declaration of Nathan Bellinger

    Doc 354_2023.04.14 Pls Opp Brief to Defs Partial MTD

    Doc 191_Doc 198_2022.08.16 Declaration of Timothy Longfield

    Doc 355_2023.04.12 Anne Hedges Declaration

    Doc 193-Doc 199_2022.08.16 Notice of Submittal of Rule 60(a)

    Doc 356_2023.04.13 Pete Erickson Declaration

    Doc 194_2022.08.17 Pls Notice of Suppl Authority

    Doc 357_2023.04.10 Jack Stanford Declaration

    Doc 204_2022.09.01 Reply ISO Defs Motion For Rule 26(f) Discovery Conference

    Doc 358_2023.04.11 Lori Byron Declaration

    Doc 207-Doc 212_2022.09.09 Notice of Mica K Depo

    Doc 359_2023.04.12 Lise Van Susteren Declaration

    Doc 208-Doc 213_2022.09.09 Notice of Olivia Vesovich Depo

    Doc 360_2023.04.11 Daniel Fagre Declaration

    Doc 210-Doc 215_2022.09.12 Notice of Kathryn Grace Gibson-Snyder Depo

    Doc 361_2023.04.07 Cathy Whitlock Declaration

    Doc 211-Doc 214_2022.09.12 Notice of Rikki Held Depo

    Doc 362_2023.04.08 Mark Jacobson Declaration

    Doc 220_2022.09.28 Minute Entry Order re Trial Date

    Doc 363_2023.04.10 Steven Running Declaration

    Doc 222_2022.09.30 Pls Expert Disclosures

    Doc 366_2023.04.26 Pls Notice to the Court of Disputes to Proposed PTO

    Doc 227-Doc 228_2022.10.31 Defs Expert Witness Disclosure

    Doc 367_2023.04.26 Pls Proposed PTO With Attachments 1 and 2

    Doc 229_2022.11.03 Pls Notice of Suppl Expert Disclosure

    Doc 368.5_2023.04.27 Defs Notice re Request for Oral Argument

    Doc 235-Doc 237_2022.11.22 Defs Amended Lay Witness List

    Doc 369_2023.04.28 Defs Reply re MTPD re Mootness

    Doc 236_2022.11.22 Defs Suppl Expert Witness Disclosure

    Doc 370_2023.04.28 Defs Reply re Motion to Stay Proceedings

    Doc 240_2022.11.30 Pls Rebuttal Expert Disclosures

    Doc 373_2023.05.10 Defs Notice of Supp Authority re HB 971

    Doc 242_2022.11.30 Defs Rebuttal Expert Disclosure with Exhibits Q-R

    Doc 374_2023.05.10 Defs Notice of Withdrawal of Motion to Stay

    Doc 248-Doc 249_2023.01.03 Defs 2nd Supplemental Expert Witness Disclosure

    Doc 377_2023.05.18 BIS Motion to Dismiss MEPA claims

    Doc 253-Doc 257_2023.01.11 Defs Amended Exhibit List

    Doc 382_2023.06.01 Pls Opp to MTD MEPA, Attachment A

    Doc 258_2023.01.22 Pls Notice of Supplementing Expert Disclosure

    Doc 383_2023.06.07 Emergency Petition for Writ

    Doc 259_2023.02.01 MIL No. 1 Motion for Fair Allocation of Time

    Doc 384_2023.06.08 Final PreTrial Order

    Doc 260_2023.02.01 MIL No. 1 Brief ISO Motion for Fair Allocation of Time

    Doc 385_2023.06.09 Reply in Support of MTD MEPA Claims

    Doc 261_2023.02.01 MIL No. 2 Motion for Remote Testimony at Trial

    Doc 386_2023.06.09 Pls Updated Exhibit List

    Doc 262_2023.02.01 MIL No. 2 Brief ISO Motion for Remote Testimony at Trial

    Doc 387_2023.06.13 Renewal of Motion to Admit Running Whitlock Report

    Doc 263_2023.02.01 MIL No. 3 Motion for Hybrid Expert Testimony

    Doc 388_2023.06.13 BIS Motion to Admit Running Whitlock Report

    Doc 264_2023.02.01 MIL No. 3 Brief ISO Motion for Hybrid Expert Testimony

    Doc 389_2023.06.14 Brief in Opp'n Motion for Reconsideration Admission of Expert Reports

    Doc 265_2023.02.01 MIL No. 4 Motion for Sheppard Testimony

    Doc 396_2023.06.19 Bench Memo Re the Constitutional and Procedural Limits of MEPA w Ex1

    Doc 266_2023.02.01 MIL No. 4 Brief ISO Motion for Sheppard Testimony

    Doc 402_2023.06.25 Pls Response to MEPA Bench Memo

    Doc 266.5_2023.02.01 MIL No. 4 Bellinger Dec ISO Motion for Sheppard Testimony

    Doc 406_2023.08.24 Motion for Extension of Time

    Doc 267_2023.02.01 MIL No. 5 Motion for Curry Testimony

    Doc 410_2023.09.07 Motion for 7-Day Extension to File 54(b) Certification and Attorney's Fees

    Doc 268_2023.02.01 MIL No. 5 Brief ISO Motion for Curry Testimony

    Doc 411_2023.09.07 Pls Unopposed Motion for Certification

    Doc 268.5_2023.02.01 MIL No. 5 Olson Dec ISO Motion for Curry Testimony

    Doc 412_2023.09.07 Declaration of Philip Gregory

    Doc 269_2023.02.01 MIL No. 6 Motion for Admission into Evidence of the Parties' Expert Reports

    Doc 415_2023.09.13 Defs Response to Pls Rule 54(b) Motion

    Doc 270_2023.02.01 MIL No. 6 Brief ISO Motion for Admission into Evidence of the Parties' Expert Reports

    Doc 416_2023.09.15 Notice of Submission

    Doc 271_2023.02.01 MIL No. 7 Motion for Document Admissibility

    Doc 418_2023.09.29 Notice of Filing Supreme Court

    Doc 272_2023.02.01 MIL No. 7 Brief ISO Motion for Document Admissibility

    Doc 419_2023.10.02 Defs Notice of Transcripts Deemed Necessary for Appeal

    Doc 273_2023.02.01 MIL No. 7 Sullivan Dec ISO Motion for Document Admissibility

    Doc 420_2023.10.02 Notice of Appeal to Supreme Court

    Doc 275-Doc 290_2023.02.01 Def's BIS MSJ

    Doc 422_2023.10.16 Motion for Clarification and Stay

    Doc 276-Doc 283_2023.02.01 State of Montana's MIL No. 1 (Preclude Cumulative Expert Witness Testimony)

    Doc 423_2023.10.16 BIS Motion for Clarification and Stay

    Doc 277-Doc 284_2023.02.01 State of Montana's BIS MIL No. 1 (Preclude Cumulative Expert Witness Testimony)

    Doc 424_2023.10.16 Nowakowski Declaration

    Doc 278-Doc 285_2023.02.01 State of Montana's MIL No. 2 (Preclude Irrelevant Expert Witness Testimony)

    Doc 425_2023.10.16 Nowakowski Exhibits

    Doc 279-Doc 286_2023.02.01 State of Montana's BIS MIL No. 2 (Preclude Irrelevant Expert Witness Testimony)

    Doc 426_2023.10.23 Motion for Extension of Time

    Doc 280-Doc 287_2023.02.01 State of Montana's Combined MIL No. 3-7

    Doc 428_2023.11.06 Pls Opp'n to Motion for Clarification and Stay

    Doc 281-Doc 288_2023.02.01 State of Montana's BIS Combined MIL No. 3-7

    Doc 430_2023.11.07 Transmittal of Exhibits

    Doc 291-Doc 316_2023.02.16 State of Montana's Combined Opp's to Pls MIL Nos. 2-6 and Comment on No. 7

    Doc 431_2023.11.16 Notice of Filing

    Doc 292_2023.02.16 Pls Response to Defs MIL No. 1

    Doc 433_2023.11.22 Defs Motion for Clarification and Stay

    Doc 293_2023.02.16 Pls Response to Defs MIL No. 2

    Doc 434_2023.12.01 Pls Unopposed Motion to Complete Record

    Doc 294_2023.02.16 Pls Response to Defs MIL No. 3

    Doc 436_2023.12.05 Notice of Filing in Response to Order Granting Pls Motion

    Doc 295_2023.02.16 Pls Response to Defs MIL No. 4

    Doc 437_2023.12.06 Notice of Filing Supreme Court

    Pleadings

    Doc 001_2020.03.13 Pls Complaint

    Doc 053-Doc 054_2021.09.17 Dfs Answer

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