Supreme Court declines to hear Montana campaign, rape cases

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined without comment to hear two cases from Montana.

In the first case, the nation's high court dismissed a request from Montana Attorney General Tim Fox to reconsider a previous ruling that he says prevents the state from bringing a sex offender to justice in a 1987 child rape case.

Fox sought to charge Ronald Dwight Tipton for the rape of an 8-year-old girl based on new DNA evidence, but a 2003 court decision says it's unconstitutional to charge him after the statute of limitations has expired.

The second case is a challenge to Montana's campaign disclosure laws.

Montanans Against Community Development petitioned the court after the 9th U.S.