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Archive for November, 2008

OPINION: State v. Heddings

Posted by scanner1 on November 26, 2008

The Montana Supreme Court has issued an Opinion in the following matter:

DA 07-0747,

2008 MT 402,

STATE OF MONTANA,

Plaintiff and Appellee,

v.

SCOTT PATRICK HEDDINGS,

Defendant and Appellant.

Posted in Incest, Nexus, Opinion, Probation Restrictions | Leave a Comment »

UNPUBLISHED OPINION: Rocco v. Ogle

Posted by scanner1 on November 26, 2008

The Montana Supreme Court has issued an Unpublished Opinion in the following matter:

DA 07-0708,

2008 MT 401N,

VICTORIA ROCCO,

Plaintiff and Appellant,

v.

PHILLIP OGLE and GERALDINE OGLE,

Defendants and Appellees.

Posted in Livestock, Roads, Unpublished Opinion | Leave a Comment »

UNPUBLISHED OPINION: State v. Sayers

Posted by scanner1 on November 26, 2008

The Montana Supreme Court has issued an Unpublished Opinion in the following matter:

DA 07-0606,

2008 MT 400N,

STATE OF MONTANA,

Plaintiff and Appellee,

v.

PATRICK E. SAYERS,

Defendant and Appellant.

Posted in Appeal without merit, Unpublished Opinion | Leave a Comment »

UNPUBLISHED OPINION: Berryman v. U.S. Bancorp & O’Neill

Posted by scanner1 on November 26, 2008

The Montana Supreme Court has issued an Unpublished Opinion in the following matter:

DA 08-0102,

2008 MT 399N,

VICKIE BERRYMAN,

Plaintiff,

v.

U.S. BANCORP PIPER JAFFRAY, INC., PIPER JAFFRAY, INC., ROBERT ENGLISH, THOMAS J. O’NEILL, & JOHN DOES I THROUGH X,

Defendants and Appellees,

THOMAS J. O’NEILL,

Defendant, Cross-claim Plaintiff and Appellant.

Posted in Failure to Prosecute, Pleadings, Unpublished Opinion | Leave a Comment »

UNPUBLISHED OPINION: Adoption of C.T.O.R.

Posted by scanner1 on November 26, 2008

The Montana Supreme Court has issued an Unpublished Opinion in the following matter:

DA 07-0732,

2008 MT 398N,

IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF:

C.O.T.R.

Posted in Judgment, Service of Process, Termination of Parental Rights, Unpublished Opinion | Leave a Comment »

OPINION AND ORDER: State v. Foster-DeBerry

Posted by scanner1 on November 26, 2008

The Montana Supreme Court has issued an Opinion and Order in the following matter:

DA 08-0159,

2008 MT 397,

 STATE OF MONTANA,

Plaintiff and Appellee,

v.

CAROL FOSTER-DeBERRY,

Defendant and Appellant.

Posted in Goetz, Plain Error Review, Retroactivity | Leave a Comment »

OPINION: State v. Baker

Posted by scanner1 on November 26, 2008

The Montana Supreme Court has issued an Opinion in the following matter:

DA 07-0315,

2008 MT 396,

STATE OF MONTANA,

Plaintiff and Appellee,

v.

GENEVIEVE BAKER,

Defendant and Appellant.

Posted in Constitutional Law, Illegal Sentence, Objectionable Sentence, Opinion | Leave a Comment »

OPINION: State v. Hunter

Posted by scanner1 on November 26, 2008

The Montana Supreme Court has issued an Opinion in the following matter:

DA 07-0224,

2008 MT 395,

STATE OF MONTANA,

Plaintiff and Appellee,

v.

CLAYTON JAMES HUNTER,

Defendant and Appellant.

Posted in Nexus, Opinion, Probation Restrictions | Leave a Comment »

OPINION: Flynn & Miller v. MT State Fund & Liberty NW

Posted by scanner1 on November 26, 2008

The Montana Supreme Court has issued an Opinion in the following matter:

DA 06-0734,

2008 MT 394,

ROBERT FLYNN and CARL MILLER, Individually and on Behalf of Others Similarly Situated,

Petitioners and Appellees,

v.

MONTANA STATE FUND,

Respondent/Insurer and Appellant,

and

LIBERTY NORTHWEST INSURANCE CORPORATION,

Intervenor and Appellant.

Posted in Opinion, Retroactivity, Workers' Compensation | Leave a Comment »

OPINION: Tenas v. Progressive Preferred Ins. Co.

Posted by scanner1 on November 26, 2008

The Montana Supreme Court has issued an Opinion in the following matter:

DA 07-0188,

2008 MT 393,

RONDA TENAS,

Plaintiff and Appellee,

v.

PROGRESSIVE PREFERRED INSURANCE COMPANY,

Defendant and Appellant.

Posted in Choice of law clause, Conflict of Laws, Insurance, Jurisdiction, Opinion | Leave a Comment »