State ex rel. Butte Youth Service Center v. Murray

The district court, Silver Bow County, granted plaintiff’s petition for a writ of mandate. Defendant appeals from the denial of its motion to quash the writ and for change of venue.

Plaintiff, Butte Youth Service Center, is a nonprofit corporation providing room, board, and treatment for individuals in a state drug rehabilitation program. Defendant is administrativbe director of the Southwestern Montana Drug Program, the state agency operating the drug rehabilitation program.

The Youth Center was to receive $7.50 per day per boy, later raised to $10.34 per boy, from the Southwestern Montana…