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

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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JURIST

APRIL 27, 2023

Montana’s House of Representatives voted Wednesday to strip Representative Zooey Zephyr, who spoke against a bill that would ban the provision of gender-affirming care to minors, of the right to contribute during debates and to be present on the House floor.

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

A Montana federal judge on Thursday granted TikTok and its users' bid to block a new law that would ban the Chinese social media app within the Treasure State's borders, saying the statute oversteps state power and could infringe on the First Amendment.

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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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Law 360

AUGUST 11, 2023

A trade group representing many of the largest tech companies in the world says Montana cannot be allowed to sustain its recent TikTok ban, arguing that the measure violates the First Amendment by imposing hefty fines on app stores that don't remove the popular video platform.

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ABA Journal

MAY 11, 2023

A Montana judge is getting a public reprimand and a 30-day unpaid suspension as a result of remarks that he made about a witness while…

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Law 360

JULY 6, 2023

TikTok and a group of creators asked a Montana federal judge Wednesday to block the enforcement of the state's first-of-its-kind ban on the social media platform before the law goes into effect Jan. 1, saying the law's "constitutional defects are extraordinary" and spell out irreparable harm for the app's users.

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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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The Crime Report

JANUARY 18, 2022

The Montana Department of Justice investigated 68 human trafficking cases in 2021, an increase of 871 percent from the seven cases reported in 2015, and the actual number of cases investigated in the state last year is likely higher, reports the Great Falls Tribune.

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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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LegalReader

AUGUST 20, 2021

University of Montana and Montana University System recently came under fire in a lawsuit over allegations of gender discrimination.

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HowAppealing

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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Law 360

MAY 17, 2023

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte on Wednesday signed a first-of-its-kind law banning TikTok from operating in the state, a move that the popular video app was quick to condemn as unlawful.

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Law 360

JUNE 28, 2023

TikTok has been quietly paying the legal bills for a group of creators who are challenging Montana's first-of-its-kind law banning the social media platform, the creators' counsel at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP confirmed to Law360 on Wednesday.

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 28, 2021

“Conflicts of Supreme Judicial Interest: Montana judges quashed subpoenas to probe their political lobbying.” ” The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.

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LegalReader

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The lawsuit alleges that Montana has violated state law and provisions of the state constitution by loosening restrictions on the hunting and trapping of wolves.

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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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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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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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ABA Journal

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services is refusing, for now, to go along with a judge’s order to allow transgender people to…

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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. Nolan Hendrickson pleaded guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon.

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LegalReader

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Montana's elderly population living on fixed incomes are becoming homeless amid inflation.

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Law 360

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Virginia and 17 other states backed Montana in TikTok's free speech fight over a new Treasure State law that seeks to ban the Chinese-owned social media app in its borders, arguing that the law is a "garden variety consumer protection statute" and well within the states' police power.

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The Crime Report

JULY 28, 2022

A new study from the Council of State Governments Justice Center reveals that Native Americans in Montana are more likely to face prison time for certain felonies, spend more time incarcerated and have probation or conditional release revoked than white people, the Daily Montanan reports. days longer than their White counterparts.

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LegalReader

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Former billionaire Tim Blixseth is seeking up to $900 million in damages, losses, and attorneys' fees from the Montana Department of Revenue.

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Law 360

MAY 19, 2023

Montana is likely to face stiff legal headwinds as it fends off allegations that its unprecedented TikTok ban is unconstitutional, if the state can't produce any hard evidence of Chinese government interference on the platform.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 24, 2024

NY Times ] * Disciplinary authorities recommend suspending Montana Attorney General's law license. Which would be significant if Montana's AG dutifully acted as the state's top lawyer as opposed to wasting taxpayer dollars filing frivolous lawsuits about how voter registration is unconstitutional. But the NY Times is suing OpenAI so.

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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. General Jurisdiction : Ford has a longstanding permanent relationship with Montana, advertises heavily in the state, and receives hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars in revenue from in-state sales.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 6, 2021

A Montana-based law firm asked a state court on Tuesday to do away with the state's ban on employer vaccine mandates, claiming the measure runs afoul of Montana's constitution and places its employees at "increased risk to their health and safety."

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Mondaq

APRIL 21, 2022

Montana's Medicaid program provides low-income Montanans—from children to seniors to the disabled to the medically needy—access to health care services that support their health and well-being.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 24, 2023

A Montana man who repeatedly made threatening and racist phone calls to a Billings church for two years has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison, ABC News reports. Joshua Leon Hiestand made the calls to the church after he went there seeking help and received a gift card from a Black employee.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 1, 2021

Maryland and Montana are the first states in the country to adopt laws that limit the use of genetic genealogy by police, reports The New York Times. Genetic genealogy sites, like GEDmatch, FamilyTreeDNA and others use DNA matching software to connect family members.

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 26, 2020

“Hospital staff revived a man’s stopped heart — and he sued; A successful ‘wrongful prolongation of life’ lawsuit in Montana, among other things, reflects the extent to which many Americans will go to gain — and enforce — their rights to control their final days”: Mark Arsenault of The Boston Globe has (..)

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LettersBlogatory

MARCH 26, 2021

Montana Eighth Judicial District Court (S. The case of the day is Ford Motor Co. It’s an personal jurisdiction decision that keeps the law from going off the rails but also may be important in its future implications. The case involved a car accident that took place in one US state, the state where the injured plaintiff lived.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 11, 2022

The post The “Buffalo Billion” plan and Montana easement cases appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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LettersBlogatory

MARCH 26, 2021

Montana Eighth Jud icial District Court (S. Montana appeared first on Folkman LLC. The case of the day is Ford Motor Co. It’s a personal jurisdiction decision that keeps the law from going off the rails but also may be important in its future implications. The post Case of the Day: Ford v.

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