Court Opinion

ID: 9508698
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-06 21:36:45.658056+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:07:36.681959
License: Public Domain

MR. JUSTICE HUNT,
dissenting:
I dissent. The case of Bieber v. Broadwater County (Mont. 1988), [232 Mont. 487,] 759 P.2d 145, 45 St.Rep. 1218, simply stands for the proposition that, when a county commissioner or other legislative body appoints one of its members to fill a vacant managerial position, the appointed commissioner acts under the delegated authority of the legislative body. The commissioner’s actions while performing the official duties of the managerial position may be ratified by the commission, thus entitling the commissioner to governmental immunity. Bieber does not grant this same immunity to a member of the government who is not also engaged in legislative functions. The case does not stand for the proposition that governmental immunity in the State of Montana has been stricken.