HELENA, Mont. - Gov. Steve Bullock and Montana s Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) are being taken to court by a group that says the statewide mask mandate conscripted private businesses and people to serve as state mask-police.
According to a complaint filed in Lewis and Clark District Court, the group, Stand Up Montana, is seeking an injunction against the governor s mask mandate and Nov. directive.
The lawsuit was filed by Attorney Quentin Rhoades of Missoula.
Rhoades alleges that any COVID-19 restrictions put in place since April should be void, and that Bullock s emergency powers violated those allowed under law by the Montana Constitution.