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January 01, 2013

AP: Divided court upholds business-backed law forcing Hutterites to pay workers' comp insurance

by Matt Volz
The Associated Press

HELENA, Mont. - A sharply divided Montana Supreme Court has ruled that forcing a Hutterite religious colony to pay workers' compensation insurance for jobs outside the commune is not an unconstitutional intrusion into religion.

The 4-3 decision upholds a 2009 law requiring religious organizations to carry workers' compensation insurance, which the Legislature passed after businesses complained they could not outbid the religious workers.

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