03/05/2021

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

No. DA-15-0427 RICHARDS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, JOHN RICHARDS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY and SEELEY LAKE READY MIX COMPANY, ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL Petitioners and Appellants, -v- STATE OF MONTANA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Respondent and Appellee.

This matter having come before the Court on the Joint Stipulated Motion to Dismiss Appeal, Richards Development Company, et. al. (hereafter “Richards”) and the State of Montana, Department of Transportation, and it appearing to the Court that GOOD CAUSE EXISTS to Grant said motion, therefore: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED the Motion is GRANTED and the above- entitled matter is hereby DISMISSED with prejudice, each party shall bear their own costs.

ORDER GRANTING JOINT STIPULATED MOTION TO DISMISS APPEAL PAGE 1 OF 2 SO ORDERED this ____ day of ____________, 2021.

By: ________________________________

C: Thomas C. Orr Valerie D. Wilson

ORDER GRANTING JOINT STIPULATED MOTION TO DISMISS APPEAL Electronically PAGE 2 OF 2 signed by: Mike McGrath Chief Justice, Montana Supreme Court March 5 2021