Great Falls Tribune Co. v. Great Falls Public Schools

This is an appeal from an order and declaratory judgment of the Eighth Judicial District, Cascade County. The District Court ruled that the collective bargaining strategy exception to the open meeting law, Sec. 2-3-203(4), MCA, is constitutional. We reverse.

We address the following issue:

Is Sec. 2-3-203(4), MCA, the collective bargaining strategy exception to the open meeting law, constitutional under Article II, Section 9, of the Montana Constitution?

Appellant raises an additional issue regarding the District Corut’s refusal to compel discovery of the subject matter of closed meetings.…