Opinion
OP 23-0592
12-19-2023
MONTANA QUALITY EDUCATION COALITION, Petitioner, v. BEAVERHEAD COUNTY, BIG HORN COUNTY, BLAINE COUNTY, BROADWATER COUNTY, CARBON COUNTY, CARTER COUNTY, CASCADE COUNTY, CHOUTEAU COUNTY, CUSTER COUNTY, DANIELS COUNTY, DAWSON COUNTY, FALLON COUNTY, FERGUS COUNTY, FLATHEAD COUNTY, GALLATIN COUNTY, GARFIELD COUNTY, GOLDEN VALLEY COUNTY, GRANITE COUNTY. HILL COUNTY. JEFFERSON COUNTY, JUDITH BASIN COUNTY, LAKE COUNTY, LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY, LIBERTY COUNTY, LINCOLN COUNTY. MADISON COUNTY, MCCONE COUNTY, MINERAL COUNTY, MISSOULA COUNTY, MUSSELSHELL COUNTY, PARK COUNTY, PETROLEUM COUNTY, PHILLIPS COUNTY. PONDERA COUNTY, POWDER RIVER COUNTY, POWELL COUNTY, PRAIRIE COUNTY, RAVALLI COUNTY, RICHLAND COUNTY. ROOSEVELT COUNTY, ROSEBUD COUNTY, SANDERS COUNTY, SHERIDAN COUNTY, SILVER BOW COUNTY, STILLWATER COUNTY, SWEET GRASS COUNTY, TREASURE COUNTY, VALLEY COUNTY, WHEATLAND COUNTY, WIBAUX COUNTY, & YELLOWSTONE COUNTY, Respondents.
ORDER
On December 14, 2023, this Court received Respondent Broadwater County's response to the petition for a writ of mandamus and no other filings from the Respondent Counties listed above. We note that Broadwater County's response was filed before this Court's decision in Montana Association of Counties et al., v. State of Montana and Montana Department of Revenue, 2023 MT 225, ___Mont.___,___ P.3d___ . Upon review, we deem it appropriate to require a status update of this pending original proceeding and whether its dismissal is appropriate. Therefore, IT IS ORDERED that Respondent Broadwater County shall FILE a status update on or before thirty days from the date of this Order.
The Clerk of the Supreme Court is directed to provide a copy of this Order to all counsel of record.