Missoula High School Legal Defense Ass'n v. Superintendent of Public Instruction

This is an appeal by the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the State of Montana from an adverse ruling in a declaratory judgment and injunction action issued by the District Court, Fourth Judicial District, Missoula County. The District Court ordered the Superintendent to pay $1,275,735.50 to a Missoula County high school district and awarded counsel for the respondent attorney fees and costs of $2,177.00 out of the funds to be so paid.

We affirm the District Court.

The Superintendent contends that the District Court erred in its interpretation and application of section 20-1-301, MCA,…