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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE In re: ) ) W. R. GRACE & CO., et al., ) ) Debtors. ) ____________________________________) ) Libby Claimants, et al. , ) ) Appellants, ) ) ) v. ) ) ) W. R. GRACE & CO., et al. ) Appellees. ) ____________________________________)

No. 07-609 Hon. Ronald L. Buckwalter United States District Judge

Appeal from United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware

Case No. 01-01139 (Jointly Administered) Adversary No. A-01-771 (JKF) Chapter 11

JOINDER OF THE STATE OF MONTANTA IN DEBTORS' MOTION TO DISMISS APPEAL The State of Montana, by and through its undersigned counsel, hereby joins in Motion of W.R. Grace to Dismiss Appeal. WHEREFORE, the State of Montana respectfully requests that this Court dismiss the Appeal for lack of jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §158(a)(1) and decline to grant permission to appeal the interlocutory Stay Order under 28 U.S.C. §158(a)(3).

Dated: November 13, 2007

Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

__/s/ Kevin J. Mangan____________________ Francis A. Monaco, Jr. (#2078) Kevin J. Mangan (#3810) 222 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1501 Wilmington, DE 19801 302-252-4320 -andWCSR 3780980v1

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Dale R. Cockrell, Esq. Christensen, Moore, Cockrell, Cummings & Axelberg, P.C. P.O. Box 7370 Kalispell, MT 59904 (406) 751-6003

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Heidi E. Sasso, certify that I am not less than 18 years of age, and that I caused service of the foregoing document to be made via hand delivery, electronic notice and U.S. Regular Mail on November 13, 2007 upon: SEE ATTACHED SERVICE LIST Under penalty of perjury, I declare hat the foregoing is try and correct.

Dated: November 13, 2007

/s/ Heidi E. Sasso__________ Heidi E. Sasso

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Hand Delivery (Counsel for BNSF Railway Company) Evelyn Meltzer, Esquire Pepper Hamilton LLP Hercules Plaza, Suite 5100 Wilmington, DE 19899 First Class Mail (Counsel for BNSF Railway Company) Edward C. Toole, Jr. Anne Marie Aaronson Thomas Spratt Pepper Hamilton LLP 3000 Two Logan Square 18th & Arch Streets Philadelphia, PA 19103 Hand Delivery (Counsel to Debtors and Debtors in Possession) Laura Davis Jones, Esquire James E. O'Neill, Esquire Pachulski Stang Ziehl Young Jones & Weintraub LLP 919 North Market Street, 17th Floor Wilmington, DE 19801 Hand Delivery (Counsel to Personal Injury Claimants) Marla Eskin, Esquire Campbell & Levine, LLC 800 N. King Street #300 Wilmington, DE 19801 First Class Mail (Counsel to Debtors) David M. Bernick, P.C. Janet S. Baer, Esquire Kirkland & Ellis LLP 200 East Randolph Drive Chicago, IL 60601

First Class Mail (Counsel to Personal Injury Claimants) Elihu Inselbuch, Esquire Rita Tobin, Esquire Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered 375 Park Avenue, 35th Floor New York, NY 10152 First Class Mail (Counsel to Equity Committee) Peter Van N. Lockwood, Esquire Julie W. Davis, Esquire Trevor W. Swett, III, Esquire Nathan D. finch, Esquire Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered One Thomas circle, N.W. Washington, DC 20005 First Class Mail (Counsel to Libby Plaintiffs) Daniel C. Cohn, Esquire Cohn Whitesell & Goldberg LLP 101 Arch Street Boston, MA 02110 Kerri King Mumford Landis Rath & Cobb LLP 919 Market Street, Suite 600 P.O. Box 2087 Wilmington, DE 19899 (302) 467-4400 Fax: (302)467-4450

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