SUPREME COURT DISTRICTING: HB 325 referendum properly enjoined from November ballot… Ohman affirmed. [Read more…]
Abortion services, 2021 restrictions preliminary enjoined
ABORTION SERVICES: 2021 laws regulating or restricting abortions properly preliminarily enjoined… Moses affirmed. [Read more…]
Public defenders, ordered to assign counsel within 3 days
PUBLIC DEFENDERS: Harris wrongly ordered OPD to assign counsel within 3 working days of order and provide continuous representation… contempt order quashed… order. [Read more…]
Water, pre-73 fishing pond, aerial photos
WATER: Claim of right to pre-73 fishing pond properly rejected based on aerial photos… Stradley/McElyea affirmed (memorandum). [Read more…]
Initiative, I-33 free education for prekindergartens
BALLOT INITIATIVE: Constitution permits initiatives to appropriate money… AG’s rejection of I-33 to extend free education to prekindergartens reversed. [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…]
Open meetings, legislative committee recess sub-quorum
OPEN MEETINGS: Sub-quorum recess meeting of House Judiciary Committee not violative of open meeting laws… Menahan affirmed. [Read more…]
Intervention, shooting association, campus firearms
INTERVENTION by shooting association properly denied in Regents’ challenge to HB 102 regulating firearms on university campuses… supervisory control of McMahon denied… order. [Read more…]
Judicial appointments, SB 140 appointments by Governor
JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS: SB 140 direct appointment by Governor does not violate Art. VII §8(2)… original proceeding. [Read more…]