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OPINION: Newbury v. St. Farm Fire & Casualty

Posted by scanner1 on May 1, 2008

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

DA 06-0036,

2008 MT 156,

GERALD NEWBURY,

Plaintiff and Appellant,

v.

STATE FARM FIRE & CASUALTY INS. CO. OF BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS,

licensed to do business in the State of Montana; and

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INS. CO. OF BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS,

licensed to do business in the State of Montana,

Defendants and Appellees.

Posted in Declaratory Judgment, Insurance, Opinion, Workers' Compensation | No Comments »

OPINION: Doty v. Comm’r of Political Practices

Posted by mtlawlibrary on December 18, 2007

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

DA 06-0754,

2007 MT 341,

RUSSELL L. DOTY,
Petitioner and Appellant,

v.

MONTANA COMMISSIONER OF POLITICAL
PRACTICES, BRADLEY MOLNAR and JOHN E. OLSEN,
Respondents and Appellees,

and

IN THE MATTER OF:
THE COMPLAINT AGAINST BRADLEY
MOLNAR AND JOHN E. OLSEN.

Posted in Administrative Law, Campaign Finance, Civil, Declaratory Judgment, Election Law, Mandamus, Opinion, Standing | No Comments »

OPINION: Farmers Union Mut. Insur. Co. v. Rumph

Posted by mtlawlibrary on October 2, 2007

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

DA 06-0449,

2007 MT 249,

FARMERS UNION MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY,
Plaintiff and Counterclaim Defendant and Appellee,

vs.

NATHAN RUMPH, Individually, and under any and all assumed
business names, including THE CROSS RANCH MERCANTILE
AND BIDDLE STORE; ALEX RUMPH, CHRISTIAN NIELSEN;
AND MIKE NIELSEN, Individually; and TAMMY NIELSEN, Individually,
Defendants and Counterclaim Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Posted in Civil, Declaratory Judgment, Insurance, Opinion | No Comments »

OPINION: Thompson v. State

Posted by mtlawlibrary on August 17, 2007

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

DA 06-0365,

2007 MT 185,

LEE N. THOMPSON, DARIN SHARP and SCOTT BAILEY,
Petitioners and Respondents,

v.

STATE OF MONTANA,
Respondent and Appellant,

and

LIBERTY NORTHWEST INSURANCE CORPORATION
and MONTANA STATE FUND,
Intervenors and Appellants.

Posted in Constitutional Law, Declaratory Judgment, Opinion, Subject Matter Jurisdiction, Workers' Compensation | No Comments »

OPINION: Miller v. State Farm

Posted by scanner1 on March 27, 2007

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

No. DA 06-0295,

2007 MT 85,

BRUCE A. MILLER,

Plaintiff and Appellant,

v.

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE

INSURANCE COMPANY,

Defendant and Respondent.

Posted in Civil, Damages, Declaratory Judgment, Insurance, Opinion, Settlement Agreement | No Comments »

OPINION: Quigg v. Slaughter/Brown v. Dept. of Corrections

Posted by mtlawlibrary on March 20, 2007

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

No. 05-692  & No. DA 06-0013,

2007 MT 76,

GARY QUIGG, et al.,

Plaintiffs and Appellants,

v.

BILL SLAUGHTER, Director, MONTANA

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al.,

Defendants and Respondents.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

ANTHEL L. BROWN,

Petitioner and Appellant,

v.

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS,

Respondent and Respondent.

Posted in Civil, Constitutional Law, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Declaratory Judgment, Due Process, Injunction, Opinion, Prison Conditions, Rights of Convicted | No Comments »

OPINION: Karlson v. Rosich

Posted by mtlawlibrary on November 9, 2006

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

No. 05-305,

2006 MT 290,

ALLENE K. KARLSON,

Plaintiff, Counterdefendant

and Respondent,

v.

LUDVIK ROSICH,

Defendant, Counterclaimant

and Appellant

Posted in Civil, Declaratory Judgment, Opinion, Real Estate, Subdivisions | No Comments »