Outfitter's License of Godfrey v. Montana State Fish & Game Commission

Willard Godfrey appeals an order of the Gallatin County District Court granting summary judgment in favor of the Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks. The District Court action was an appeal from the decision of the Department’s acting director denying Godfrey’s application for renewal of his Montana fishing outfitter’s license. Included in Godfrey’s appeal was a request for a declaratory judgment regarding the constitutionality of sections 87-4-122(2) and 87-4-126(1), MCA.

In May 1980 Willard Godfrey applied for renewal of his Montana nonresident outfitter’s license. The Department, by a…