Montanans for Justice: Vote No on CI-98 Not in Montana: Citizens Against CI-97 & Property Owners Against I-154 v. State Ex Rel. McGrath

Justice Patricia O. Cotter

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶1 Plaintiffs Montanans For Justice: Vote No On CI-98, Not In Montana: Citizens Against CI-97, and Property Owners Against 1-154 (collectively “Opponents”) comprise three political ballot committees who brought suit against the three Defendant political ballot committees: Citizens Right To Recall Montana, Protect Our Homes Montana, and Stop Over Spending Montana. Opponents also sued Trevis Butcher, the treasurer of the Defendant political ballot committees, and Montanans in Action, a Montana corporation for which Butcher is…