MONTANA DEMOCRATIC PARTY v. JACOBSEN

DA 22-0172.

518 P.3d 58 (2022)

2022 MT 184

MONTANA DEMOCRATIC PARTY and Mitch Bohn; and Western Native Voice, Montana Native Vote, Blackfeet Nation, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Fort Belknap Indian Community, and Northern Cheyenne Tribe; and Montana Youth Action, Forward Montana Foundation, and Montana Public Interest Research Group, Plaintiffs and Appellees, v. Christi JACOBSEN, in her official capacity as Montana Secretary of State, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided: September 21, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For Appellant: Dale Schowengerdt , John M. Semmens , Crowley Fleck PLLP, Helena, Montana Leonard H. Smith , David F. Knobel , Crowley Fleck PLLP, Billings, Montana Ian McIntosh , William McIntosh Morris , E. Lars Phillips , Crowley Fleck PLLP, Bozeman, Montana Austin Knudsen , Montana Attorney General, David M.S. Dewhirst , Solicitor General, Kathleen Lynn Smithgall , Assistant Solicitor General, Helena, Montana Austin Markus James , Chief Legal Counsel, Office of the Secretary of State, Helena, Montana.

For Appellees Montana Democratic Party and Mitch Bohn: Matthew P. Gordon , Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, Washington Peter Michael Meloy , Meloy Law Firm, Helena, Montana John C. Heenan , Heenan & Cook PLLC, Billings, Montana Henry J. Brewster , Jonathan P. Hawley , Elias Law Group LLP, Washington, District of Columbia.

For Appellees Montana Youth Action, Forward Montana Foundation, and Montana Public Interest Research Group: Rylee Sommers-Flanagan , Upper Seven Law, Helena, Montana Ryan Aikin , Aikin Law Office, PLLC, Missoula, Montana.

For Appellees Western Native Voice, Montana Native Vote, Blackfeet Nation, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Fort Belknap Indian Community, and Northern Cheyenne Tribe: Alex Rate , Akilah Lane , ACLU of Montana, Missoula, Montana Alora Thomas-Lundborg , Jonathan Topaz , Dale Ho , ACLU, New York, New York Samantha Kelty , Native American Rights Fund, Washington, District of Columbia Jacqueline De Leon , Matthew Campbell , Native American Rights Fund, Boulder, Colorado Theresa J. Lee , Election Law Clinic, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

For Amicus Restoring Integrity & Trust in Elections: Rob Cameron , Jackson, Murdo & Grant, P.C., Helena, Montana Brett W. Johnson , Tracy A. Olson , Law Office of Snell & Wilmer, Phoenix, Arizona.


¶1 Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen appeals from the preliminary injunction entered by the Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Yellowstone County, prohibiting her from enforcing two election laws enacted during the 2021 Montana Legislative Session, pending final resolution...

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