Federal Lawsuit

Thursday, November 5 has been set aside by Governor Bullock as the annual Eloise Cobell Day, a day to honor the Blackfoot woman who brought the only successful class-action lawsuit against the U.S. government, for its gross mismanagement of trust lands over 100 years.

This week, Montana Governor Steve Bullock filed a lawsuit to enjoin William Perry Pendley from exercising any authority over the federal Bureau of Land Management, which Bullock says is in violation of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act, and the U.S. Constitution.

Montana Attorney General Tim Fox is asking the federal district court in Great Falls to intervene in a lawsuit seeking to stop the Keystone XL oil pipeline.

Montana Attorney General Tim Fox has been tasked with defending the state constitution's ban on same sex marriage, after a federal lawsuit was filed this week.