The Montana Supreme Court has issued an Opinion in the following matter:
DA 06-0373,
2007 MT 201,
KRIS L. KUHR, CARL L. ZABROCKI, ED NEWLIN, DONALD
REGNIER, GILBERT SOMMERVILLE, WALT KUHR, RON
MARTIN, URIAH THATCHER, VINCE CHRISTENSEN,
GARY PUCKETT, RICK ELSENPETER, MILO LAMPHIER,
MICHAEL ERBEN, WAYNE HIRSHI, LARRY RENNICH,
GEORGE WALKKI, RONALD D. SNELLING, LESLIE SOHLHIEM,
MARK PADDOCK, JEFFREY M. BRANDT, ROBERT B. DUNN,
JEFF BLOOM, GREG BOCHY, MATTHEW J. HOPPEL,
JOE E. KEENER, FRANCIS A. EWALT, GENE A. SPEIDEL,
CLAYTON L. POST, KELLY FUGERE, STEVE WILSON,
JAMES MANNING MERTZ, HERMAN ROOKHAIZEN, BRET A.
THORMAHLEN, STEPHEN P. HOKLIN, JAMES V. DAY,
SANDY ROGERS, MICHAEL W. MARTIN, EDWARD J.
RIESINGER, LEE BRADY, KEVIN BENTZ, WADE MADISON,
TERRY O’TOOLE, LARRY PINNOW, LAWRENCE J. HART,
BRIAN D. CORNELIUSEN, TERRY LARSON, ALAN HARPER,
ALLAN D. MARKUSON, JASON FRANK, VERNON MASHEK,
MARCUS EVENSON, TOOD B. KINKHEAD, PATRICK J. NISSEN,
MITCHELL W. ERDMANN, TIMOTHY A. McLEOD, ROBERT D.
MEYER, THEORDIS WARREN, JAMES LYNCH, GREGORY S.
DILLON, DERRECK MITCHELL, JOHN R. DILLON, WAYNE M.
FISHER, and WILLIAM T. HARVEY,
Plaintiffs, Respondents, and Cross-Appellants,
v.
CITY OF BILLINGS,
Defendant and Appellant.