Application of Montana Bar Association

Previously, an application was made to this court by the petition of the officers of the Montana Bar Association to order the unification and integration of the Bar of this state. In an opinion, Application of the Montana Bar Ass’n, 140 Mont. 101, 368 P.2d 158, the court expressed concern and caution about the propriety and expediency of exercising its power. The court established, as a preliminary step and study, a volunteer committee of lawyers and judges to propose a plan of integration, and after study to recommend to the court a specific plan. The court then proposed to hear anew these…