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The Montana Attorney General’s Office told the Supreme Court in a filing Monday the court should uphold its legal insufficiency finding for a proposed ballot initiative to further enshrine abortion access in the state constitution because the changes it would make would be too confusing for voters to understand as a single question.
The Montana Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the plaintiffs who successfully challenged a portion of a 2021 bill can ask for attorney’s fees from the state, in part because the Legislature violated the Constitution in putting multiple topics under one bill title in the final days of the session.
In a 5-2 decision, the state's high court found the unconstitutional means by which the Legislature passed a bill warranted attorney's fees against the state.
The Montana Supreme Court ruled that plaintiffs in a successful lawsuit challenging 2021 election legislation are entitled to attorney fees.
The Montana Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that plaintiffs in a successful court case challenging a 2021 election law are entitled to attorney fees.Generally, Mo