(December 1, 2016, 1:30 PM EST) -- HELENA, Mont. — A panel of the Montana Supreme Court on Nov. 29 denied the federal government’s request to file an oversized amicus curiae brief in a dispute over whether a trial court judge erred in finding that the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) barred property owners’ claims for restoration when their proposed remediation plan was not approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, finding that the case was not so extraordinarily complex to allow for an extended brief (Atlantic Richfield Company v. Montana Second Judicial District Court, Silver Bow County, No. 16-0555, Mont. Sup.; 2016 Mont. LEXIS 1008)....