This case decision carries a strong message from the Montana Supreme Court to local planning bodies and aspiring developers. Environmental assessments included in subdivision proposals must conform with the provisions of the Montana Subdivision and Platting Act by providing all available information on the proposed development‟s potential impacts to natural resources in the area. Without such data, planners are unable to take a “hard look” at the proposal and thus any plat approval will be deemed “arbitrary and capricious or unlawful” by the court if challenged by area landowners who stand to be harmed by the development
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This case decision carries a strong message from the Montana Supreme Court to local planning bodies ...
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On January 16, 2014, the Supreme Court of Montana reversed and remanded a district court decision th...
The United States District Court for the District of Montana granted Plaintiffs summary judgment aga...
In Citizens’ Alliance for Property Rights v. Sims, the Court of Appeals of Washington held that King...
This case decision carries a strong message from the Montana Supreme Court to local planning bodies ...
The Montana Supreme Court affirmed the Fourth Judicial District Court’s holding that Montana Code An...
In Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership v. Salazar, the United States District Court of Appea...
In WildEarth Guardians v. U.S. BLM, the District Court of Colorado showed that economic and developm...
This case analysis examines several court decisions, including the results of three New York Court o...
Defendant landowners claimed possession of riparian lands bordering the Missouri River. However, the...
In Bitterrooters for Planning, Inc. v. Montana Department of Environmental Quality, the Montana Supr...
On appeal from the Park County District Court, the Montana Supreme Court upheld the Park Conservatio...
A federal court in Montana vacated the lease sale of several large oil and gas developments in Monta...
The Montana Supreme Court held in 2020 that loopholes in the Montana Environmental Procedure Act ( M...
A coalition of environmental advocacy groups challenged the U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildl...
In a 2007 Travel Management Plan, the United States Forest Service limited roads and trails designat...
On January 16, 2014, the Supreme Court of Montana reversed and remanded a district court decision th...
The United States District Court for the District of Montana granted Plaintiffs summary judgment aga...
In Citizens’ Alliance for Property Rights v. Sims, the Court of Appeals of Washington held that King...