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Sinclair Television of Montana, LLC, the parent company of local NBC affiliate KECI (and stations in Butte, Kalispell and Bozeman) sues the City of Missoula for Mountain Water legal bills

Sinclair Television of Montana, LLC, the parent company of local NBC affiliate KECI (and stations in Butte, Kalispell and Bozeman) filed a civil action in Missoula District Court on Aug. 3 seeking the release of detailed legal bills related to the city’s purchase of Mountain Water. At a May 7 City Council meeting, Mayor John Engen said, "As of today, acquisition costs are $9,163,724.54."

Attorneys Quentin Rhoades and Nicole Siefert are counsel for the plaintiffs. The suit states its claim under MCA section 2-3-221, the state’s "right to know" laws.

"There was an appeal to the Montana Supreme Court that indicated that certain information about the fees and costs incurred by the City of Missoula would be shared with the defendant on remand to the district court," Jones says, "but that order was very specific, and said that did not authorize the defendants to engage in a fishing expedition that would allow them unrestricted access to all the city’s itemized billing statements and attorney-client communications."

Susan Elizabeth Shepard

https://missoulanews.com/news/missoula-television-station-sues-city-for-mountain-water-legal-bills/article_7d598a86-9bfb-11e8-8795-8fc50cb29605.html

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