Lawsuit over dam transfer dropped
The Associated Press | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 9 years, 7 months AGO
The three plaintiffs who filed a lawsuit seeking to block the transfer of a hydroelectric dam to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes are dropping the case.
State Sen. Bob Keenan, former state Sen. Verdell Jackson and a Flathead Lake business were denied their requested emergency injunction two days before the transfer of Kerr Dam in September. The dam has been renamed Salish Kootenai Dam.
The plaintiffs' legal challenge of the Federal Regulatory Commission’s approval of the transfer remained an active case after the injunction was denied.
Their attorney, Lawrence Kogan, on Tuesday filed a notice with a federal judge in Washington, D.C., that they are voluntarily dropping the lawsuit.
Kogan told The Associated Press that he is considering filing a new version of the lawsuit at a later date.
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