WILLIAMS v. BD. OF COUNTY COM'RS

No. DA 12-0343.

308 P.3d 88 (2013)

2013 MT 243

L. Reed WILLIAMS, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MISSOULA COUNTY, the governing body of the County of Missoula, acting by and through Michele Landquist, Bill Carey and Jean Curtiss, Defendants and Appellees, Liberty Cove, Inc., Paul Rossignol, Norma Rossignol, and Ponderosa Development, Inc., Intervenors and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Submitted April 23, 2013.

Decided August 28, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For Intervenors and Appellants: Cory R. Gangle (argued); Gangle Law Firm, P.C.; Missoula, Montana.

For Appellee L. Reed Williams: Timothy M. Bechtold (argued); Bechtold Law Firm, PLLC; Missoula, Montana.

For Appellee Missoula County: Fred Van Valkenburg ; Missoula County Attorney; D. James McCubbin (argued); Deputy County Attorney; Missoula, Montana.

For Amicus Land Use Clinic: Michelle Bryan Mudd , Benjamin S. Sudduth (argued); University of Montana School of Law; Missoula, Montana.

For Amicus State of Montana: Timothy C. Fox ; Montana Attorney General; Lawrence Vandyke (argued); Montana Solicitor General; Helena, Montana.


Justice PATRICIA O. COTTER delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 Liberty Cove, Inc., Paul and Norma Rossignol, and Ponderosa Development, Inc. (collectively "Landowners") utilized the protest provision of § 76-2-205(6), MCA, to block the Board of County Commissioners of Missoula County (Commissioners) from establishing a special zoning district north of Lolo, Montana. L. Reed Williams (Williams) challenged the constitutionality of § 76-2-205(6), MCA...

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