WARRANTLESS ENTRY into home justified by “objectively reasonable basis for believing” that entry was needed to prevent suicide (community caretaker doctrine, borrowed from criminal context, is inapt)… Krueger, Montana Supreme Court affirmed (other grounds). [Read more…]
Junque files I, emergency stay petition
JUNQUE FILES I: State’s emergency motion to stay Kutzman’s order granting preliminary injunction to Plaintiffs challenging Legislative Services’ denial of access to background information of proposed bills denied without prejudice… Order. [Read more…]
Junque files II, 2nd emergency stay petition
JUNQUE FILES II: State’s 2nd emergency motion to stay Kutzman’s order granting preliminary injunction to Plaintiffs challenging Legislative Services’ denial of access to background information of proposed bills denied… Order. [Read more…]
Vaccination discrimination, HB 702 preemption
VACCINATION DISCRIMINATION: Ruling that HB 702 is preempted by ADA and OSHA reversed… Molloy reversed. [Read more…]
Vaccination anti-discrimination, HB 702 enjoined
VACCINATION ANTI-DISCRIMINATION: HB 702 permanently enjoined as unconstitutional and preempted by federal law as applied in healthcare settings… Molloy. [Read more…]
Vaccination anti-discrimination, HB 702 enjoined
VACCINATION ANTI-DISCRIMINATION: HB 702 permanently enjoined as unconstitutional and preempted by federal law as applied in healthcare settings… Molloy. [Read more…]
Supreme Court districting, HB 325 enjoined
SUPREME COURT DISTRICTING: HB 325 referendum properly enjoined from November ballot… Ohman affirmed. [Read more…]
HB 702 vaccination restrictions, preliminary injunction
HB 702 VACCINATION RESTRICTIONS: Enforcement of MCA 49-2-312 as it relates to COVID-19 vaccine against Montana healthcare facilities preliminarily enjoined for so long as CMS’s Interim Final Rule remains in effect… Molloy. [Read more…]