Paladin Associates, Inc. v. Montana Power Company

328 F.3d 1145 PALADIN ASSOCIATES, INC., a Montana corporation; Marie G. Owens, dba Paladin Associates, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MONTANA POWER COMPANY, a Montana corporation; North American Resources Company, a Montana corporation, Defendants-Appellees, and Northridge Petroleum Marketing, Inc., a Canadian corporation; Transcanada Gas Services Limited, a Canadian corporation, fka Northridge Gas Marketing, Inc.; Northridge Petroleum and Transcanada, Defendants. No. 01-35849. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 7, 2003. Filed May 13, 2003. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Thomas P. McMahon, Powers Phillips; Richard L. Fanyo, Dufford & Brown, Denver, CO; Michael J. Uda, Doney Crowley Bloomquist & Uda, Helena, MT, for the plaintiffs-appellants. Nick S. Verwolf and Alan S. Middleton, Davis Wright Tremaine, Seattle, WA, for the defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana; Donald W. Molloy, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-95-00067-DWM. Before: REINHARDT, W. FLETCHER, and GOULD,…