CARRIE ANNE PINTAR, d/b/a AMAZING TAXI, MICHAEL SPREADBURY, d/b/a HELENA TOWN CAR, VANCE VANDERPAN, d/b/a GREATER VALLEY TAXI, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. STATE OF MONTANA, MONTANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, GOVERNOR STEVE BULLOCK, TRAVIS KAVULLA, MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY, PAM BUCY, JUDY BOVINGTON, RASIER-MT, LLC (UBER) TRAVIS KALANICK, Defendants and Appellees., 2018 MT 302N

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HOLDINGS: [1]-The district court properly dismissed the taxi owners' claims against the State and an internet "ride-sharing" licensor because their challenges to Senate Bill 396, which authorized internet-based mobile applications used for ride-sharing, did not properly state legal claims, the State entities and officials were entitled to good faith immunity under Mont. Code Ann. § 2-9-103 where nothing in the record remotely suggested that they acted in bad faith by enacting and enforcing Senate Bill 396, and the owners' claim that the licensor discriminated against Montanans without credit cards and cell phones was properly dismissed for failing to state a proper claim under Mont. Const. art. II, § 4 as the owners did not establish that cell phone or credit card users were a protected class for purposes of the provision, nor demonstrate how they fell prey to the alleged discrimination.