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A Lewis and Clark County District Court judge on Tuesday awarded the plaintiffs and their attorneys in the landmark Held v. Montana case nearly $3 million for their nearly four years of litigation.

Judge Kathy Seeley awarded the group of 10 attorneys $2.85 million in fees and the plaintiffs another $98,667 in costs, which is about $238,000 less than their original request made earlier this year. MTN News first reported news of the award on Tuesday.

The 16 youth plaintiffs from Montana in the case were represented by attorneys for Our Children’s Trust, the Western Environmental Law Center, and Montana environmental lawyer Roger Sullivan, among others.

“The specialized knowledge and experience of these attorneys was critical to the success of this case, particularly gi

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