Skyline Sportsmen's Ass'n v. Board of Land Commissioners

The District Court for the First Judicial District, Lewis and Clark County, granted Defendants’ motion for summary judgment and denied Plaintiffs’ request for a preliminary injunction, dismissing a challenge to a proposed land exchange between the Board of Land Commissioners and Turner Enterprises, Inc. We vacate and remand.

The dispositive issue is whether the District Court erred by granting summary judgment because Plaintiffs raised genuine issues of material fact.

Background

The Board of Land Commissioners (Board) is one of a handful of boards established by the Montana Constitution. The…