02/02/2021

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA Case Number: DA 15-0427

DA 15-0427

RICHARDS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, JOHN RICHARDS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY and SEELEY LAKE READY FEB 0 2 2021 MIX COMPANY, Bowen Greenwood Clerk of Suprenle Cour State of IVIontant-3 Petitioners and Appellants, ORDER v. STATE OF MONTANA,DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Respondent and Appellee.

This appeal has been pending since July 2015 and has never been briefed. On September 14, 2020, attorney Ward "Mick" Talefffiled a Mediator's Report indicating that the parties had settled the matter, subject to certain conditions being rnet. Taleff anticipated that these conditions would take 60 to 90 days for completion, and he further asserted that the parties would request the briefing schedule be held in abeyance in the interirn. Nothing further has been filed since the Mediator's Report.

IT IS ORDERED that, within thirty days of the date of this Order, counsel for the Petitioners and Appellants shall file a report on the status of this appeal.

The Clerk is directed to provide a copy of this Order to all counsel of record. +-NG) DATED this C..,—day of February, 2021.

For the Court,

Chief Justice