Legal Opinion

Board of Trustees v. Butte-Silver Bow County

Montana Supreme Court

Decided November 17, 2009No. DA 09-0024PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Morris

¶1 The Board of Trustees for the Butte-Silver Bow Public Library (the Board) brought an action against Butte-Silver Bow County (BSB) under the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act. The Board asked the District Court to declare that the Board has exclusive authority to determine the salaries and compensation of Library employees. The Second Judicial District, Butte-Silver Bow County, granted summary judgment in favor of the Board. We affirm.

ISSUE

¶2 We review the following issue on appeal:

¶3 Did the District Court properly grant summary judgment to the Board?

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶4 The…

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