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BUTTE-SILVER BOW LOCAL GOVERN. v. OLSEN

No. 86-559.

743 P.2d 564 (1987)

BUTTE-SILVER BOW LOCAL GOVERNMENT, and the Chief Executive Officer and the Council of Commissioners of Butte-Silver Bow Local Government, a political subdivision of the State of Montana, Appellants, v. Arnold OLSEN, District Judge of the District Court of the Second Judicial District of the State of Montana, In and For the County of Silver Bow, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided August 14, 1987.

Rehearing Denied October 22, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Goetz, Madden & Dunn, James H. Goetz (argued), Bozeman, for appellants.

R. Lewis Brown (argued), Butte, for respondents.

GULBRANDSON, Justice.

Butte-Silver Bow appeals the denial of its motion for reconsideration of an order setting the salaries of court personnel in Silver Bow County District Court. The issues on appeal are:

(1) whether the District Court had inherent powers to set the salaries of certain court staff by a sua sponte and ex parte judicial order;

(2) whether the issue on appeal is moot.

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