JURIST
DECEMBER 19, 2024
The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed a lower court’s ruling that a state law violated the youth plaintiffs’ right to a clean and healthful environment under the state constitution. She further said that the ruling “ignored the fact that Montana has no power to impact the climate.”
JURIST
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
.” In the defendants’ brief in opposition to the plaintiffs’ petition for a writ of certiorari, the defendants argued the plaintiff’s petition should be denied on one of the grounds that the court of appeal’s decision was correct since it applied the correct legal standard of exacting scrutiny.
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JURIST
JANUARY 11, 2024
The hearing included testimony from the attorney generals of Montana, Oklahoma and Missouri—states led by Republican governors—who said they have dealt with impacts from Mayorkas’s policies, even though none of them neighbor Mexico. Attorney General Montana Austin Knudsen noted there had been a devastating fentanyl crisis in Montana.
Law 360
JUNE 28, 2023
TikTok has been quietly paying the legal bills for a group of creators who are challenging Montana's first-of-its-kind law banning the social media platform, the creators' counsel at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP confirmed to Law360 on Wednesday.
LegalReader
OCTOBER 28, 2022
The lawsuit alleges that Montana has violated state law and provisions of the state constitution by loosening restrictions on the hunting and trapping of wolves.
JURIST
MARCH 26, 2021
The case stems from a 2016 incident wherein a police officer of the Crow Nation —a federally recognized tribe with an Indian reservation located in south-central Montana—detained Joshua Cooley and searched his truck, which was parked on the side of US Route 212. A transcript of the argument is available here.
JURIST
JUNE 6, 2023
“It’s difficult to articulate what it’s like to be forced out like this,” said Megan, a parent from Montana. The group also highlighted LGBTQ+ advocates that have opposed these laws and continue to do so, like Montana state representative Zooey Zephyr. “I will do as I have always done,” Zephyr said at the time.
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