Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-02-22 23:06:46.52552+00
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02/22/2023

            IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA
                                                                                         Case Number: DA 22-0586

                                      DA 22-0586
                                   _________________

 STEVE BARRETT, ROBERT KNIGHT;
 MONTANA FEDERATION OF PUBLIC
 EMPLOYEES; DR. LAWRENCE PETTIT;
 MONTANA UNIVERSITY SYSTEM FACULTY
 ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVES;
 FACULTY SENATE OF MONTANA STATE
 UNIVERSITY, DR. JOY C. HONEA; DR.
 ANNJEANETTE BELCOURT; DR. FRANKE
 WILMER; MONTANA PUBLIC INTEREST
 RESEARCH GROUP; ASHLEY PHELAN;
 JOSEPH KNAPPENBERGER; and MAE NAN
                                                                     ORDER
 ELLINGSON,

              Plaintiffs, Appellees,
              and Cross-Appellants,

       v.

 STATE OF MONTANA, GREG GIANFORTE;
 and AUSTIN KNUDSEN,

              Defendants and Appellants.
                                _________________

       Cody S. Barnett, of Lansdowne, Virginia, has petitioned for permission to appear
pro hac vice before this Court in the above-entitled cause.
       Having reviewed the application and having determined that, as required by our
Rules for Admission to the Bar of Montana, Petitioner Barnett is currently in good standing
with another state jurisdiction in which Barnett is admitted to the practice of law, Montana
counsel listed in the application is in good standing with the State Bar of Montana, and this
is the first appearance of Petitioner and the fourth appearance of Petitioner’s firm under the
pro hac vice rules, with good cause showing under Rule VI(C),
       IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the application of Cody S. Barnett to appear pro
hac vice in the above-entitled cause is GRANTED.
       The Clerk is directed to provide copies of this order to Cody S. Barnett, to all counsel
of record in this appeal, and to the State Bar of Montana.

                                              2                                 Electronically signed by:
                                                                                      Mike McGrath
                                                                         Chief Justice, Montana Supreme Court
                                                                                    February 22 2023