COUNTY COM'RS v. FIRST JUD. DIST. COURT

No. 99-255.

10 P.3d 805 (2000)

301 Mont. 496

2000 MT 258

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY, Petitioner, v. MONTANA FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY; Honorable Thomas C. Honzel; Honorable Dorothy McCarter; and Honorable Jeffrey M. Sherlock, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided September 26, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Goetz and Brian M. Morris, Goetz, Gallik, Baldwin and Dolan, Bozeman, Montana, for Petitioner.

Alexander Blewett III, Hoyt and Blewett, Great Falls, Montana, for Respondents.

David J. Patterson, Missoula, Montana, for Amici Curiae.

Leo Berry and Steven T. Wade, Browning, Kaleczyc, Berry and Hoven, Helena, Montana, for Intervenor.


Chief Justice J.A. TURNAGE delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 On July 13, 1999, we accepted original jurisdiction over this dispute between the Lewis and Clark County Commissioners and the Judges of Montana's First Judicial District Court. The dispute concerns the county employee status, supervision, and control of the three court reporters for the First Judicial District Court.

¶ 2 We address the following issues:

¶ 3 Are the First...

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