WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court has sided with a power
company in a dispute with Montana over who owns the riverbeds
beneath 10 dams sitting on three Montana rivers.
In a case that reached back to the travels of Lewis and Clark
more than 200 years ago, the court voted unanimously Wednesday to
throw out a state court ruling that could have cost the company
more than $50 million.
The justices said the Montana Supreme Court was wrong to
conclude that the state owns the riverbeds and ordered the state
court to take another look at the case.