State Bar of Montana v. Krivec

State Bar of Montana, an unincorporated association instituted by this Court, [(1975), 165 Mont. 1, 530 P.2d 765] filed its petition in an original proceeding in this Court, seeking a declaratory judgment that Initiative 85 (Title 5, Ch. 7, MCA) violates the state constitution with regard to the supervision and licensing of attorneys and further that it is unconstitutionally vague so as to deny members of the State Bar of Montana due process of law.

The respondents are the Hon. Peg Krivec, commissioner of political practices of the State of Montana, designated in the Initiative as its…