Associated Press, Inc. v. Montana Department of Revenue

¶1 The Associated Press, Inc., the Missoulian, the Great Falls Tribune, the Billings Gazette, KULR-TV, the Daily Interlake, KTVQ-TV, the Montana Newspaper Association, and the Montana Freedom of Information Hotline, Inc. (Appellants) appeal from the judgment entered in favor of the Montana Department of Revenue (Department) *235by the First Judicial District Court, Lewis and Clark County. We reverse and remand.

¶2 We restate the issues presented on appeal as follows:

¶3 1. Whether Rule 42.2.701, ARM, violates Article II, Section 9 of the Montana Constitution?

¶4 2. Whether the Department may declare…