Court Opinion

ID: 9511484
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-06 22:04:56.556677+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:05:02.703753
License: Public Domain

JUSTICE WARNER
concurs.
¶81 I agree with the principles in Justice Rice’s dissent on issue five. I would sign that dissent if I was of the opinion that such principles applied. However, as provided in §30-14-133(3), MCA, and noted by the Court at ¶ 32, the legislature has made an award of attorney fees to either a prevailing plaintiff or defendant discretionary, not mandatory. We here set a standard for the exercise of that discretion. We show no disrespect to, nor do we infringe on, the legislature’s prerogative by setting such standard.