ASSOCIATED PRESS v. USHER

DA 21-0392.

503 P.3d 1086 (2022)

2022 MT 24

The ASSOCIATED PRESS, the Billings Gazette, the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, the Helena Independent Record, the Missoulian, the Montana Standard, Montana Free Press, the Ravalli Republic, Lee Enterprises, Hagadone Media Montana, the Montana Broadcasters Association, and the Montana Newspaper Association, Petitioners and Appellants, v. Barry USHER in his capacity as Chair of the Montana House of Representatives, Judiciary Committee, Respondent and Appellee.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided: February 8, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For Appellants: Peter Michael Meloy , Meloy Law Firm, Helena, Montana.

For Appellee: Austin Knudsen , Montana Attorney General, Kristin Hansen , Lieutenant General, David M.S. Dewhirst , Solicitor General, Derek J. Oestreicher , General Counsel, Alwyn Lansing , Assistant Attorney General, Helena, Montana.


¶1 The Associated Press and other news reporting outlets (collectively, the AP) appeal a July 8, 2021 order from the First Judicial District Court in Lewis and Clark County. The order denied a motion for judgment on the pleadings filed by the AP and granted a motion to dismiss filed...

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