Legal Opinion

Montana Automobile Ass'n v. Greely

Montana Supreme Court

Decided July 30, 1981No. 81-45PublishedCited by 58 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Weber

Initiative No. 851, Lobbyist Disclosure (herein called “1-85” or “the Initiative”) was held to be unconstitutional by the District Court of the First Judicial District. Defendants, the state attorney general and the commissioner of political practices of the State of Montana, were permanently enjoined from enforcement of 1-85. *381Defendants appeal from the judgment. We hold that the Initiative in part is unconstitutional and void, and that the balance of 1-85 is sufficient to carry out the purposes of the Act, and, therefore, remains in effect. This opinion does not rule upon the applicability…

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Buckley v. ValeoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  4. United States v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  5. National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. ButtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963

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3Cited by58 opinions

  1. Florida League of Professional Lobbyists, Inc. v. William N. Meggs, as State Attorney for the Second Judicial Circuit of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996
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  3. Newville v. State, Dept. of Family ServicesMontana Supreme Court · 1994
  4. State v. NyeMontana Supreme Court · 1997
  5. State v. LilburnMontana Supreme Court · 1994

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