MEAD v. McKITTRICK

No. 85-523.

727 P.2d 517 (1986)

June MEAD, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Thomas M. McKITTRICK, individually and as a District Judge of the Eighth Judicial District of the State of Montana; Richard G. Gasvoda, individually and as a member of the Board of County Commissioners of Cascade County, Montana; Jack T. Whitaker and Patrick L. Ryan, as members of the Board of County Commissioners; and the County of Cascade, Montana, Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided October 21, 1986.

Rehearing Denied November 25, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Reynolds, Helena, argued for plaintiff and appellant.

John Bobinski, Dept. of Admin., Helena, argued for Judge McKittrick.

Marra, Wenz, Johnson & Hopkins, Charles R. Johnson, Great Falls, argued for County and Comrs.


TURNAGE, Chief Justice.

June Mead appeals from an order of the Eighth Judicial District Court, Cascade County, granting defendants' motions to dismiss Mead's wrongful discharge suit.

We affirm.

June Mead raises two issues for our review:

1. Is a District Court judge immune, under § 2-9-112(2), MCA, from suit for the summary discharge of his predecessor's personal secretary?

2. Are the county and county commissioners immune, under...

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