Nick v. Montana Department of Highways

Rodney Nick, a disabled veteran, appeals an order of the District Court, of the First Judicial District, Lewis and Clark County, granting the State’s motion for judgment on the pleadings. The District Court found that the veterans’ preference was a gratuity, repealable or amendable at any time, rather than a constitutionally protected property right; that the retroactive repealer in the newer statute did not require a two-thirds vote by the Legislature to repeal the old law and bar claims under it. We affirm.

Nick is a veteran of both World War II and the Korean conflict. He was employed as a…