08/18/2020
No. DA 20-0394
Case Number: DA 20-0394
In the Supreme Court of the State of Montana
WESTERN NATIVE VOICE, MONTANA NATIVE VOTE, ASSINIBOINE AND SIOUX
TRIBES OF FORT PECK, BLACKFEET NATION, CONFEDERATED SALISH AND
KOOTENAI TRIBES, CROW TRIBE, FORT BELKNAP INDIAN COMMUNITY,
Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
COREY STAPLETON, in his official capacity as Montana Secretary of State,
Defendant-Appellant.
On Appeal from the Thirteenth Judicial District, Yellowstone County
The Honorable Jessica T. Fehr, Presiding
Order Granting Speaker Hertz and President Sales’ Motion For Leave to
File Amicus Brief on Behalf of the Montana State Legislature
Pursuant to Mont. R. App. P. 16, Proposed Amici Speaker Greg Hertz on
behalf of the House of Representatives of Montana and President Scott Sales on
behalf of the Montana State Senate have moved this Court to participate as
amici in this matter. The motion is unopposed. Having reviewed the motion and
the briefing thereof,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Speaker Hertz and President Sales’
Motion for Leave to File Amicus Brief on behalf of the Montana State
Legislature is GRANTED. Their brief, attached to their Motion for Leave, shall
be filed by the Clerk, with paper copies due to the Court within seven (7) days
of the Clerk’s filing.
Dated this ______ day of ______, 2020.
Electronically signed by:
Mike McGrath
Chief Justice, Montana Supreme Court
August 18 2020