Press orgs take open records case to SupCo

By: Micah Drew

Outlets: Daily Montanan

Published: February 5, 2026

Words: 591

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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A group of media organizations have appealed directly to the Montana Supreme Court to unseal criminal proceedings related to the shooter who killed four people in Anaconda last August after a district court denied their request to access the documents.

The Third Judicial District Court in Deer Lodge sealed the records in the case while the shooter, Michael Brown, was still at large, at the urging of Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Attorney Morgan Smith, a …

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