Baxter Homeowners Ass'n v. Angel

¶1 This matter comes before the Court on cross-appeals of the Eighteenth Judicial District Court’s orders reversing the Human Rights Commission’s finding of discrimination and award of $6,000 damages to Geoffrey Angel and denying both parties’ requests for attorneys’ fees. We affirm the District Court’s orders. The dispositive issue on appeal is whether Angel possessed proper standing to file a complaint of discrimination on behalf of his unidentified and potential clients. We hold that he did not.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶2 Geoffrey Angel, a Bozeman, Montana, attorney, rented…