JURIST
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
In the wake of the US Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Vermonters For Good Government ran a strong campaign against the proposal. Montana residents also voted down a proposal to prohibit abortions. Jackson overruling Roe v. The final vote was 211,157 in favor of adoption and 63,995 against.
Constitutional Law Reporter
MAY 1, 2023
Facts of the Case Larry Steven Wilkins and Jane Stanton own properties in rural Montana that border a road for which the United States has held an easement since 1962. The Government claims that the easement includes public access, which petitioners dispute.
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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
APRIL 18, 2023
Electrification is a critical component of building decarbonization, and local governments are taking a leading role in this policy space. While a handful of local prohibitions fall within the Ninth Circuit decision’s scope, many more do not. In exploring what the CRA v. Berkeley : Berkeley’s Ordinance Preempted by U.S.
SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 26, 2022
Indian affairs are similar to foreign affairs in that the federal government possesses exclusive power to manage relations with Indian tribes. The fact that the Oklahoma tribes’ reservations were created by treaties negotiated between the tribes and the federal government pretty much says it all.
Constitutional Law Reporter
AUGUST 28, 2023
According to the Court, those decisions did not overrule the precedent established in Pennsylvania Fire Ins. 93 (1917), in which the Court held that a similar Montana law complied with the Due Process Clause. The Supreme Court went on to find that its decision in Pennsylvania Fire Insurance governed the case.
Conflict of Laws
JULY 5, 2021
Supreme Court decision in March 2021 in Ford vs. Montana now permits the exercise of specific jurisdiction when the claim arises out of or is (sufficiently) “related” to the defendant’s in-state contacts and activities. The long-awaited U.S. 5 of the Austrian Act of State Liability (Amtshaftungsgesetz).
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
DECEMBER 11, 2020
The federal district court for the District of Columbia granted BLM’s and federal officials’ motion for voluntary remand without vacatur of claims that they failed to comply with NEPA in connection with 27 oil and gas leasing decisions across Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Montana between September 2016 and March 2019.
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