JURIST

JANUARY 19, 2023

According to the petition, the Wildlife Service intentionally kills ten grizzly bears in Montana in a year. The groups argued that the agencies’ failure to follow the “best available science” makes the program an artbitrary and capricious agency action which the courts must halt.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The US Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear Alaskan residents’ challenge against a ballot measure that requires public disclosure of political donations. ” Whether the respective provisions of Ballot Measure 2 violate the First Amendment remained in the plaintiff’s petition to the US Supreme Court.

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ABA Journal

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a state law banning consideration of greenhouse gas emissions in fossil-fuel-permitting decisions, citing a state constitutional provision…

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ABA Journal

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen denied that his office was disrespectful, intemperate and contemptuous in questioning during an ethics hearing Wednesday. Knudsen defended his actions…

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HowAppealing

AUGUST 12, 2021

“Legislature asks Montana Supreme Court to withdraw opinion”: In today’s edition of The Helena Independent Record, Holly Michels has a front page article that begins, “Led by Republican lawmakers, the Montana Legislature is asking the state Supreme Court to withdraw its opinion and order in a case decided last month where justices (..)

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MAY 19, 2021

“Montana AG accuses Supreme Court of impropriety, threatening and maligning his staff”: Darrell Ehrlick of the Daily Montanan has this report on a letter that the Attorney General of Montana sent today to that state’s highest court.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2025

“Amid Opposition, Bill to Shrink Montana Supreme Court Moves Forward; Despite pushback from current and former justices of the Montana Supreme Court, a bill to decrease the size of the states highest court passed committee on Wednesday and will head to the House floor”: Denali Sagner of The Flathead Beacon has this report.

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ABA Journal

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Republican Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen has been accused of undermining confidence in the justice system by evading the authority of the state’s top court…

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JURIST

MARCH 26, 2021

The US Supreme Court heard oral argument Tuesday in United States v. The case stems from a 2016 incident wherein a police officer of the Crow Nation —a federally recognized tribe with an Indian reservation located in south-central Montana—detained Joshua Cooley and searched his truck, which was parked on the side of US Route 212.

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JURIST

JULY 23, 2022

The US Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a Biden administration immigration policy. In a 5-4 order, the Supreme Court Thursday denied the Biden administration’s application to reinstate an immigration memorandum that would stop deportation unless the non-citizen is a threat to national security, public safety or border security.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2024

“GOP Wins in Partisan High Court Races Has Party Mulling Tweaks; GOP sees court wins in North Carolina, Ohio with party labels; Montana lawmaker pushing to change court election ballots”: Eric Heisig of Bloomberg Law has this report.

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Law 360

MAY 18, 2023

A group of TikTok users have sued Montana's attorney general over the state's first-of-its-kind law banning the social media platform, slamming the prohibition as unconstitutional and "an attempt to exercise powers over national security that Montana does not have," according to the complaint entered Thursday in federal court.

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HowAppealing

MARCH 29, 2022

“The politics driving the Montana Supreme Court races: After a year of political flashpoints, judicial candidates are campaigning in a charged environment.” ” Mara Silvers of Montana Free Press has this report.

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Law 360

MAY 22, 2023

TikTok sued Montana's attorney general in federal court on Monday over the state's first-of-its-kind law intended to ban the social media platform, slamming the law as "flatly inconsistent with the Constitution" and based on unfounded claims that the Chinese government can access users' data.

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JURIST

JUNE 1, 2021

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that tribal police officers have the authority to detain and search non-Indigenous persons on federal highways within their territories. This evidence was eventually used to convict Cooley of drug-related offenses in federal court but was subsequently suppressed. United States v.

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JURIST

JUNE 6, 2022

The US Supreme Court announced Monday it would hear Wilkins v. A jurisdictional rule is one that must be followed within the exact letter of the law, with no power for the court to hear a complaint unless it strictly adheres. However, a claim-processing rule allows for exceptions and more discretion for courts.

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EvidenceProf Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Courts, however, have interpreted the Supreme Court's opinion in Maryland v. Pursuant to the Confrontation Clause, In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right.to be confronted with the witnesses against him. Craig, as creating an exception to the.

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EvidenceProf Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Similar to its federal counterpart, Montana Rule of Evidence 606(b) provides that Upon an inquiry into the validity of a verdict or indictment, a juror may not testify as to any matter or statement occurring during the course of the.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 11, 2022

Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether the statute of limitations in the Quiet Title Act is a jurisdictional rule or a claims-processing rule and whether the government can prosecute wire fraud under a “right to control” theory of property. In Wilkins v. In the U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 1, 2021

Share In its first major opinion on the scope of American Indian tribes’ sovereign powers in decades, the Supreme court held on Tuesday in United States v. Justice Stephen Breyer wrote the opinion for the court. Breyer’s opinion looks to, and likely extends, the reach of the court’s decision in Montana v. United States.

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CourtTechBulletin

DECEMBER 16, 2021

We were curious as to the status of online court help to the self-represented litigants as a good 2021 year-end wrapup article for the CTB? Colorado courts have a dedicated page for "Efiling for Non-Attorneys" at: [link] There are links to forms and video/written tutorials listed. We share what we found below.

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Patently O

MARCH 25, 2021

Montana 8th Judicial District ( Supreme Court 2021 ). Markkaya Gullett was killed in a Ford Explorer crash near her home in Montana. The Supreme Court has sided with Gullett’s estate — finding that the 14th Amendment does not prohibit this case from moving forward. Superior Court of Cal., Dennis Crouch.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 2, 2021

Supreme Court, allowing tribal police the ability to detain non-Indian suspects. Previously, the Supreme Court held that tribal police had little authority over non-Indians, reports AP News. Explaining the decision, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer cited a precedent from a 1981 case, Montana v.

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HowAppealing

AUGUST 12, 2022

“Supreme Court rejects GOP proposal to elect regional justices”: Sam Wilson of The Helena (Mont.) ” And Shaylee Ragar of Montana Public Radio reports that “ State Supreme Court rules against electing justices by district.”

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 27, 2023

A 50-year-old man from Butte, Montana was sentenced to an additional 10 years in prison on Wednesday for pretending to have COVID-19 and fabricating records of his supposed illness to get out of court, Mike Smith reports for the Montana Standard.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Two men have been charged by federal prosecutors in Montana with illegally shooting about 3,600 birds, including bald and golden eagles, and selling them, as well as their wings and feathers, on the black market, Eduardo Medina reports for the New York Times.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

US District Court Judge Ronnie Greer issued a temporary restraining order Friday to prevent Blount County, TN District Attorney General Ryan K. We saw that with the drag law in Montana and we saw it here in Tennessee much before the letter this week when someone said the law doesn’t apply to me.

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JURIST

JUNE 6, 2023

“It’s difficult to articulate what it’s like to be forced out like this,” said Megan, a parent from Montana. Many of these bills have been challenged in court, with some judges issuing temporary relief. HRC highlighted testimony from parents of transgender children leaving states with restrictive laws.

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The Crime Report

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

A Poplar, Montana man was sentenced in federal court on Monday to 38 months in prison and two years of supervised release for assaulting a police officer with a hammer while law enforcement was responding to an assault at his home. The officer is identified as Jane Doe 2 in court documents.

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HowAppealing

JULY 14, 2021

“Supreme Court: Legislature overstepped authority with subpoenas.” And Amy Beth Hanson of The Associated Press reports that “ Montana justices say lawmakers overstepped in seeking emails.” ” Seaborn Larson of The Helena (Mont.) Independent Record has this report.

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MAY 15, 2021

” You can access Wednesday’s unanimous ruling of the Supreme Court of Montana at this link.

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HowAppealing

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

” You can access yesterday’s order of the Supreme Court of Montana at this link.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 31, 2021

The district court in Oregon in 2016 seemed to favor such a right, but a divided Ninth Circuit concluded in 2020 that the plaintiffs lacked standing. The plaintiffs are now back in the district court seeking much more modest relief.). Now we have an important new decision from Montana. Photo by Mark Koch on Unsplash.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 26, 2021

A unanimous Supreme Court in Ford Motor Co. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court (consolidated with Ford Motor Co. Bandemer) held Thursday that Ford is subject to products-liability suits in Montana and Minnesota arising from car accidents there. Although the cars involved were manufactured.

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JURIST

MAY 1, 2023

The case is in the Missouri Circuit Court of the County of St. Last week, the Montana governor signed a bill banning gender-affirming healthcare for minors, showcasing a continued trend to restrict transgender rights. The ACLU of Missouri filed Southampton Community Healthcare v.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 7, 2021

Cooley , the Supreme Court upheld a power that tribal governments have long assumed they possessed as a basic necessity of ensuring public safety. Breyer’s opinion begins by embracing the court’s long history of describing and upholding tribal government powers as “retained inherent sovereign authority.”

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 21, 2022

Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Maine violated the Constitution when it refused to make public funding available for students to attend schools that provide religious instruction. The dispute before the court in Carson v. This article was originally published at Howe on the Court. On Tuesday, the justices agreed.

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