Billings Associated Plumbing, Heating & Cooling Contractors v. State Board of Plumbers

*251Plaintiff appeals from a judgment on the pleadings in favor of defendant in the District Court of Yellowstone County.

Plaintiff is an informal association of plumbing contractors in the Billings, Montana, area. It filed an action for declaratory judgment seeking to have state statutes establishing a statewide permit system for plumbers declared unconstitutional. The Billings Association claimed the state inspection and permit system was substantially a duplication of an existing local system in the Billings area; that it subjected Billings plumbers to two fees; and that the dual regulatory…