The news has just rolled out in the past hour or so – the Montana Supreme Court announced this morning that it was in essence upholding Montana’s Stream Access Law (as reversed in a prior District Court decision) and ruled the William Cox Kennedy claim to denying access to the Ruby River at the Seylor Lane Bridge invalid.
As the news gets out and folks have time to dig through the docs there will most likely be some fascinating nuggets to chatter about, but this one is worth celebrating right off the top.
A hearty kudos to those at the PLWA in Montana who stuck to their guns and worked through albeit an expensive and lengthy process.
Some early breaking news reports from Montana this morning:
Billings Gazette -High court reverses District Court on stream access ruling in Madison County
Montana Standard – High court upholds public right to access Montana streams
Helena Independent Record – Supreme Court reverses lower court on access to bridge in Madison County
The legal eagles among us may want to read the Synopsis of the Case – I’ve tried to load a link to the .pdf and their firewall blocks access; use this Montana Supreme Court Search Portal, and search for case 12-0312 (or for the next thirty days just click on the cases decided in the last 30 days link).
More to come, and well done.
