GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE v. PUBLIC SCHOOLS

No. 91-474.

841 P.2d 502 (1992)

GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE COMPANY, INC., a Montana corporation, Petitioner and Appellant, v. GREAT FALLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, CASCADE COUNTY, Montana, Respondent and Respondent.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided November 12, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Michael Meloy argued, Meloy Law Firm, Helena.

Leslie S. Waite, III argued, James, Gray & McCafferty, Great Falls.

Kimberly A. Kradolfer, Assistant Attorney General, Agency Legal Services Bureau (Department of Labor & Industry, and Bruce W. Moerer, General Counsel, Montana School Boards Association, Helena.


McDONOUGH, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order and declaratory judgment of the Eighth Judicial District, Cascade County. The District Court ruled that the collective bargaining strategy exception to the open meeting law, Sec. 2-3-203(4), MCA, is constitutional. We reverse.

We address the following issue:

Is Sec. 2-3-203(4), MCA, the collective bargaining strategy exception to the open meeting law, constitutional under Article II, Section 9, of...

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