Numerous court filings in Missoula’s effort to gain ownership of water system
“The city of Missoula’s efforts to use eminent domain to gain ownership of the water supply and distribution system that serves its residents has seen several court filings in recent days.
The city filed a condemnation action against the global investment firm The Carlyle Group on April 2 to gain ownership of Mountain Water Co. A month later, the city amended its filing to allege that subsidiary Carlyle Infrastructure had reneged on a verbal agreement in which the city would support Carlyle’s purchase of the water system before the Public Service Commission in 2011 in exchange for Carlyle selling Mountain Water to Missoula in February 2013.
On Tuesday, The Carlyle Group filed documents saying that it does not directly own the water system and cannot be named as a defendant, the Missoulian (http://bit.ly/TWUKyN) reported. Carlyle says it owns the companies that own Mountain Water, but it does not directly own the water system.”
Associated Press. The Republic 29 May 2014.