Montana

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25-6194 Douglas P. Pasquinzo v. Montana 2025-11-21 IFP Denied constitutional-rights montana-law ninth-circuit procedural-due-process prosecutorial-amendment subject-matter-jurisdiction
25-588 Donna Elizabeth Summers v. Montana 2025-11-18 Paid Pending constitutional-rights detention fourth-amendment police-questioning seizure traffic-stop
25A260 Donna Elizabeth Summers v. Montana 2025-09-04 A Presumed Complete consent fourth-amendment reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure seizure traffic-stop
24A1237 Robert S. Pierce v. Montana 2025-06-13 A Presumed Complete None
24-6937 Anthony Craig Weimer v. Montana 2025-04-07 IFP Denied constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process first-amendment sixth-amendment supremacy-clause
24-1012 Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company v. Martin J. O’Leary, et al. 2025-03-21 Paid Denied choice-of-law legal-malpractice multi-jurisdictional-practice personal-jurisdiction professional-liability specific-jurisdiction
24-745 Montana, et al. v. Planned Parenthood of Montana, et al. Amici (7) 2025-01-14 Paid Denied abortion-access judicial-bypass medical-decision-making minor-consent parental-rights privacy-rights
24-6270 Timothy Edward Peterson v. James Salmonsen, Warden 2025-01-13 IFP Denied constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection montana-statute sentencing subject-matter-jurisdiction
24-6246 Benny Roe Stewart v. Jim Salmonsen, Warden 2025-01-08 IFP Denied constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection montana-statute sentencing-court subject-matter-jurisdiction
24A607 Anthony Craig Weimer v. Montana 2024-12-19 A Presumed Complete bail certiorari constitutional-rights criminal-procedure pretrial-liberty supreme-court-review
24A605 Anthony Craig Weimer v. Montana 2024-12-19 A Presumed Complete appellate-review certiorari federal-jurisdiction state-court-review statutory-interpretation supreme-court-jurisdiction
24-624 William Trevor Case v. Montana Amici (18) 2024-12-06 Paid Judgment Issued emergency-aid-exception exigent-circumstances home-search law-enforcement-entry probable-cause search-warrant
24A438 Montana, et al. v. Planned Parenthood of Montana, et al. 2024-11-01 A Presumed Complete abortion due-process fourteenth-amendment medical-decision-making minor-rights parental-consent
24A361 William Trevor Case v. Montana 2024-10-16 A Presumed Complete community-caretaking emergency-aid exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment probable-cause warrantless-search
24-425 Jesse Rehbein, et al. v. Annette Rehbein, et al. Amici (1) 2024-10-16 Paid Denied best-interest-standard child-custody due-process fourteenth-amendment parental-rights parenting-plan
24-220 Christi Jacobsen, Montana Secretary of State v. Montana Democratic Party, et al. Amici (5) 2024-08-28 Paid Denied None
24-55 Montana v. Robert Murray Gibbons 2024-07-18 Paid Denied eighth-amendment excessive-fines-clause financial-burden financial-circumstances mandatory-fine mandatory-fines proportionality proportionality-factors sentencing sentencing-discretion
23-1366 Jenny Jing, et al. v. Joseph Womack, et al. 2024-07-02 Paid Denied adversary-rights constitutional-rights domestic-partner first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech petition-to-redress-grievances privacy probate-court unauthorized-practice-of-law
23A1136 Christi Jacobsen, Montana Secretary of State v. Montana Democratic Party, et al. 2024-06-21 A Presumed Complete election-law elections-clause judicial-review legislative-authority state-constitution voting-rights
23A1027 Jose Martinez, Jr. v. Montana 2024-05-17 A Presumed Complete correctional-facility legal-research prisoner-rights pro-se time-extension writ-of-certiorari
23A989 Montana v. Robert Murray Gibbons 2024-05-07 A Presumed Complete None
23-6959 Lionel Scott Ellison v. Peter Bludworth, Warden, et al. 2024-03-11 IFP Denied administrative-law civil-rights class-action due-process equal-protection standing
23-6838 Danny Lee Warner, Jr. v. Montana 2024-02-29 IFP Denied attorney-client-privilege due-process fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment presumption-of-prejudice prosecutorial-misconduct sixth-amendment warrantless-search
23-774 Melissa Groo v. Amy Eddy, Judge, Montana Eleventh Judicial District Court 2024-01-17 Paid Denied due-process forum-state intentional-tort non-resident-defendant personal-jurisdiction purposeful-direction social-media walden-v-fiore
23-733 Jada Ku v. Great Falls College Montana State University 2024-01-09 Paid Denied accommodation civil-rights disability-discrimination due-process educational-discrimination equal-protection mental-health-rights reasonable-accommodation standing state-university
23A450 Franklin S. Tiegs, et al. v. Montana Department of Revenue 2023-11-20 A Presumed Complete commerce-clause constitutional-challenge due-process net-operating-loss nonresident-income tax-statute
23-5613 Robert L. Allum v. Montana State Fund 2023-09-19 IFP Denied administrative-law civil-procedure constitutional-challenge due-process judicial-branch montana-constitution res-judicata state-court-structure subject-matter-jurisdiction
23-5104 Annelies Aiking-Taylor v. Oliver Serang 2023-07-13 IFP Denied attorney-fees civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process judicial-review legal-judgment prevailing-party supremacy-clause takings
22-7858 Wayne Anthony Aviles v. Captain Jason Kowalski 2023-06-23 IFP Denied double-jeopardy due-process guardian-ad-litem ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-bias sentencing
22-7819 Javier Bautista-Scheuber v. Alia Day Floren 2023-06-20 IFP Denied civil-rights constitutional-rights disability due-process equal-access equal-protection judicial-bias mental-capacity procedural-fairness standing
22-7803 Aaron Joel Oliphant v. Montana 2023-06-16 IFP Denied appeal criminal-procedure due-process expert-consultation ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-counsel sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington trial-counsel
22-7745 James William Walker v. Montana 2023-06-09 IFP Denied 6th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights contempt-of-court coram-nobis due-process judicial-branch motion-for-relief supreme-court-precedent united-states-v-morgan
22A738 Javier Bautista-Scheuber v. Alia Day Floren 2023-02-10 A Presumed Complete None
22M68 Jada Ku v. Montana Human Rights Bureau 2023-01-13 M Presumed Complete None
22-6217 Steven Wayne Keefe v. Montana 2022-12-05 IFP Denied adequate-defense ake-v-oklahoma constitutional-rights due-process expert-assistance juvenile-offender juvenile-sentencing mental-health mental-health-expert miller-v-alabama sentencing
22-418 Gene Deveraux v. Montana Amici (1) 2022-11-04 Paid Denied automatic-reversal biased-juror constitutional-right for-cause-challenge jury-bias sixth-amendment structural-error trial-court-discretion trial-procedure
22M38 Steven Wayne Keefe v. Montana 2022-11-02 M Presumed Complete None
22A243 Gene Deveraux v. Montana 2022-09-20 A Presumed Complete None
22A213 Steven Wayne Keefe v. Montana 2022-09-09 A Presumed Complete None
22-143 Jada Ku v. Great Falls Public Library 2022-08-15 Paid Denied accommodation civil-rights disability-discrimination due-process legal-representation mental-disability public-library supreme-court
22A62 Javier Bautista-Scheuber v. Alia Day Floren 2022-07-22 A Presumed Complete None
22-45 Jada Ku v. Great Falls Public Schools 2022-07-18 Paid Denied civil-rights disability-discrimination due-process equal-protection judicial-accommodation legal-representation mental-disability public-education school-discrimination standing supreme-court-procedure
21-7823 Robert L. Allum v. Montana 2022-05-10 IFP Denied constitutional-challenge due-process executive-branch financial-gain fourteenth-amendment judicial-integrity judicial-pool res-judicata state-constitution workers-compensation
21-7409 Jory Russell Strizich v. Montana 2022-03-17 IFP Denied criminal-defense due-process evidentiary-ruling evidentiary-rulings flight-evidence fourteenth-amendment holmes-precedent holmes-v-south-carolina sixth-amendment
21-7167 M. D. v. Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Child and Family Services Division, et al. 2022-02-22 IFP Denied civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection parental-rights standing
21-7124 Pamela Polejewski v. Montana 2022-02-16 IFP Denied animal-seizure civil-forfeiture constitutional-rights due-process excessive-fines innocent-owner procedural-violations res-judicata takings vagueness
21M63 M. D. v. Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Child and Family Services Division, et al. 2022-01-11 M Presumed Complete None
21-859 The Montana State Legislature, et al. v. Beth McLaughlin Amici (1) 2021-12-09 Paid Denied conflict-of-interest due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-bias judicial-ethics judicial-independence judicial-recusal legislative-investigation legislative-oversight recusal separation-of-powers
21-5783 Brian D. Smith v. Montana 2021-09-24 IFP Denied appeal criminal-procedure critical-stage due-process equal-protection ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining plea-withdrawal post-conviction procedural-default right-to-counsel sentencing
21-427 William Frederick Lamoureux v. Montana 2021-09-21 Paid Denied civil-rights constitutional-law content-based-restriction criminal-law due-process first-amendment free-speech overbreadth overbreadth-doctrine speech-regulation
21-270 BNSF Railway Company v. Robert Dannels Amici (2) 2021-08-25 Paid Denied federal-employers-liability-act non-frivolous-defenses preemption railroad-liability settlement settlement-obligations state-law-claims state-law-duties unfair-settlement-practices uniform-federal-framework
20M72 Montana Department of Public Service Regulation v. MTSUN, LLC 2021-04-06 M Presumed Complete None
20-1310 Genet McCann v. Douglas J. Wold, et al. 2021-03-19 Paid Denied 14th-amendment civil-rights collusion due-process estate-proceeding fourteenth-amendment judicial-misconduct probate-rights recusal
20-7455 Jeromey Glenn Jones v. Montana 2021-03-15 IFP Denied constitutional-assistance court-interpretation criminal-procedure due-process ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review legal-protection procedural-due-process right-to-counsel right-to-participate sixth-amendment statutory-provisions
20-926 Duane Ronald Belanus v. Montana 2021-01-11 Paid Denied civil-rights due-process juror-privacy public-trial sixth-amendment voir-dire
20-893 Duane Ronald Belanus v. Lynn Guyer, Warden 2021-01-05 Paid Denied compelled-speech content-neutrality free-speech government-regulation private-entities public-forum
20-721 Katie Garding v. Montana 2020-11-24 Paid Denied 6th-amendment accident-reconstruction effective-assistance-of-counsel expert-testimony ineffective-assistance professional-norms sixth-amendment strickland-standard strickland-v-washington
20-614 Thomas D. Kerr v. Heidi L. Kerr 2020-11-06 Paid Denied child-rearing constitutional-guarantees constitutional-law due-process equal-protection family-law gender-discrimination parental-rights parenting supreme-court-review
20-515 Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company v. Gateway Hospitality Group Inc., et al. 2020-10-20 Paid Denied arbitration-clause civil-procedure due-process fair-play-and-substantial-justice forum-selection fourteenth-amendment insurance insurance-contract personal-jurisdiction
20-374 Continental Resources, Inc. v. Zachary Buckles, Deceased, By and Through His Personal Representative, Nicole R. Buckles, et al. 2020-09-23 Paid Denied due-process federalism forum-contacts independent-contractors personal-jurisdiction sovereign-interest specific-jurisdiction tort-liability vicarious-liability
20-5553 Joseph E. Lawrence v. Montana 2020-09-01 IFP Denied 42-usc-1983 civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process free-speech government-accountability judicial-misconduct public-records standing state-accountability subject-matter-jurisdiction
20A33 Corey Stapleton, Montana Secretary of State v. Montana Democratic Party, et al. 2020-08-24 A Presumed Complete None
20-5029 Richard Charles Lussy v. Henry Paumie Lussy 2020-07-10 IFP Denied civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process federal-constitution free-speech hearsay-impeachment jury-verdict ministerial-oath standing stare-decisis
20-5028 Richard Charles Lussy v. Wade J. Dahood 2020-07-10 IFP Denied civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process free-speech jury-trial legal-procedure ministerial-oath oath-of-office standing stare-decisis
20M1 Peter Thompson v. Cattail Creek Community Association 2020-07-10 M Presumed Complete None
20-5010 Danny Lee Warner, Jr. v. Montana 2020-07-09 IFP Denied attorney-client-privilege due-process evidentiary-hearing eyewitness-identification fourteenth-amendment prosecutorial-misconduct right-to-counsel sixth-amendment
19-1428 Tina L. Morin v. Montana Office of Disciplinary Counsel 2020-07-02 Paid Denied constitutional-rights disciplinary-counsel disciplinary-proceedings due-process Fourteenth-Amendment guardianship legal-ethics legal-representation professional-conduct right-to-counsel
19-8780 Ron Glick v. Mara Guiffrida 2020-06-22 IFP Dismissed civil-rights court-opinion due-process equal-protection judicial-procedure legal-citation noncitable-opinions procedural-fairness supreme-court-discretion unequal-treatment
19-8357 Jeffery J. Lout v. Montana 2020-04-27 IFP Denied 8th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-claims death-penalty due-process ex-post-facto intellectual-disability mental-illness procedural-challenges psychological-evaluation sentencing
19-1206 Paul Boland, as Heir of the Estate of Dixie L. Boland, et al. v. Chris Boland, et al. 2020-04-10 Paid Denied 14th-amendment civil-procedure civil-rights discovery discovery-rights due-process estate-dispute hearing probate probate-law standing
19-8068 Daniel B. Boudette v. Tammy Boudette, nka Tammy Oskerson 2020-03-23 IFP Denied constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law enforceability foreign-judgment full-faith-and-credit judgment-enforcement originating-state sister-state-judgment state-law time-limit time-limitation
19A974 Genet McCann v. The Twentieth Judicial District 2020-03-04 A Presumed Complete None
19A872 Paul Boland, as Heir to the Estate of Dixie L. Boland, et al. v. Chris Boland, et al. 2020-02-04 A Presumed Complete None
19A839 Peter Thompson v. Cattail Creek Community Association 2020-01-27 A Presumed Complete None
19-6848 Robert Matthew Wittal v. Montana 2019-12-04 IFP Denied co-defendant-testimony credibility criminal-procedure criminal-trial ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instruction jury-instructions legal-objection sixth-amendment witness-credibility
19-600 Jon Krakauer v. Clayton T. Christian, Montana Commissioner of Higher Education Amici (1) 2019-11-07 Paid Denied civil-rights due-process ferpa free-speech gonzaga-v-doe higher-education judicial-discretion privacy privacy-rights public-interest public-records student-privacy student-records university-athlete
19-6507 Kenneth Michael Smith v. Melissa Sue Smith, nka Melissa Sue Graham 2019-11-05 IFP Denied civil-procedure civil-rights disability-law domestic-relations due-process family-law guardian-ad-litem guardianship mental-capacity standing
19A422 Jon E. Cushman v. Office of Disciplinary Counsel for the State of Montana, et al. 2019-10-16 A Presumed Complete None
19-6191 K. N., et ux. v. Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services 2019-10-07 IFP Denied 1st-amendment 5th-amendment civil-rights civil-rights-act-of-1964 constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment cruel-punishment due-process fifth-amendment freedom-of-religion parental-rights religious-discrimination self-incrimination state-action state-overreach
19-368 Ford Motor Company v. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court, et al. Amici (1) 2019-09-19 Paid Judgment Issued burger-king causation civil-procedure due-process forum-contacts minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction relatedness specific-jurisdiction
19M51 K. N., et ux. v. Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services 2019-09-10 M Presumed Complete None
19-5774 Patrick O. Neiss v. Montana 2019-09-05 IFP Denied burden-of-proof circumstantial-evidence constitutional-rights due-process fourth-amendment holland-v-united-states jury-instruction jury-instructions net-worth-prosecution particularity presumption-of-innocence probable-cause reasonable-doubt search-and-seizure
19-5424 Terry James Sullivan v. City of Missoula, Montana 2019-08-01 IFP Denied civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-conviction disorderly-conduct due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech
19A103 Ford Motor Company v. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court, et al. 2019-07-25 A Presumed Complete None
19-5242 Charles Clary v. Lynn Guyer, Warden 2019-07-18 IFP Denied civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection free-speech standing takings
19-5155 William M. Russell v. KS Ventures, LLC 2019-07-15 IFP Denied civil-procedure constitutional-rights court-procedure due-process genuine-issues judicial-review legal-standard material-fact material-facts standing summary-judgment
18A1324 Tina L. Morin v. Office of Disciplinary Counsel 2019-06-18 A Presumed Complete constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection legal-representation petition-for-certiorari supreme-court-order
18-1535 Letica Land Company, LLC v. Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, Montana 2019-06-12 Paid Denied 5th-amendment claim-of-right due-process fifth-amendment government-liability inverse-condemnation mistaken-claim-of-right physical-invasion property-rights takings takings-clause takings-clause-5th-amendment
18-1246 BNSF Railway Company, et al. v. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court, Cascade County, et al. Amici (2) 2019-03-26 Paid Dismissed bad-faith bad-faith-claims federal-framework federal-preemption fela fela-preemption litigation-conduct railroad-liability self-insured-employer state-law-liability
18-8480 Kevin Funk v. Montana 2019-03-20 IFP Denied allodial-tenure constitutional-rights contract contract-interference contract-rights due-process federal-land-patent irrevocable-trust land-ownership property-protection takings takings-clause
18-1195 Kendra Espinoza, et al. v. Montana Department of Revenue, et al. Amici (64) 2019-03-14 Paid Judgment Issued constitutional-law equal-protection establishment-clause first-amendment free-exercise religion-clauses religious-schools school-choice student-aid
18-8420 Kevin Anthony Briggs v. Montana 2019-03-13 IFP Denied constitutional-rights defendant-responsibility defense-counsel presumption presumption-of-delay rescheduling-trial sixth-amendment sixth-amendment-claim speedy-trial trial-delay withdrawal-of-counsel
18-1099 Janie L. Robinson v. State Compensation Mutual Insurance Fund 2019-02-22 Paid Denied 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process grand-bargain medical-examination new-york-central-v-white search search-and-seizure state-authority unconstitutional-conditions workers-compensation
18-6978 Ronald Fermin Mascarena v. Montana 2018-12-11 IFP Denied civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-rights right-to-speedy-trial speedy-trial state-rights
18-444 Montana v. Ronald Dwight Tipton Amici (3) 2018-10-09 Paid Denied calder-v-bull criminal-prosecution dna-evidence ex-post-facto sex-crimes statute-of-limitations stogner-v-california
18A1006 BNSF Railway Company, et al. v. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court, Cascade County, et al. A Presumed Complete civil-procedure discovery-violations federal-preemption interstate-commerce railroad-litigation state-court-sanctions