DEMOCRATIC PARTY v. STATE BY STAPLETON

DA 20-0396.

472 P.3d 1195 (2020)

2020 MT 244

MONTANA DEMOCRATIC PARTY and Taylor Blossom, Ryan Filz, Madeline Neumeyer, and Rebecca Weed, individual electors, Plaintiffs and Appellees, v. STATE of Montana, BY AND THROUGH its Secretary of State Corey STAPLETON, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided: September 23, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For Appellant: Matthew T. Meade , Smith Oblander & Meade, PC, Great Falls, Montana Austin James , Chief Legal Counsel, Secretary of State's Office, Helena, Montana.

For Appellees: Peter Michael Meloy , Meloy Law Firm, Helena, Montana Matthew Gordon , Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, Washington.

For Amicus Curiae Montana Republican Party: Anita Y. Milanovich , Milanovich Law, PLLC, Butte, Montana Emily Jones , Talia G. Damrow , Jones Law Firm, PLLC, Billings, Montana.

For Amici Curiae Lorrie Campbell and Jill Loven: Chris J. Gallus , Gallus Law, Helena, Montana Edward D. Greim , Graves Garrett, LLC, Kansas City, Missouri.


¶1 The State of Montana, by and through its Secretary of State Corey Stapleton (the "Secretary") appeals the Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Order of the First Judicial District Court, Lewis and Clark County. The District Court concluded the petition seeking to qualify the...

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