DeLong v. Downes

This is an action for a declaratory judgment initiated in the District Court, Flathead County, by the Board of County Commissioners of that county. Defendants are ten individuals whose signatures appear on a Petition for Initiative requesting that the Board place before the general electorate for vote a resolution limiting gambling within Flathead County to bingo, raffles and gift enterprises to be conducted by religious and charitable organizations.

The Board, in its complaint and petition for declaratory judgment filed September 16, 1976, sought judgment that the subject matter of the…