JURIST

MARCH 26, 2021

Products liability suits against Ford Motors in Montana and Minnesota can go forward in their respective state courts, said the US Supreme Court on Thursday. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court combines two cases involving accidents resulting in severe injury or death due to a Ford vehicle malfunction. Ford Motor Co.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 14, 2023

” Now Montana State University student Daria Danley has agreed to a settlement with the university after lengthy litigation. MSU elected to litigate this case for a couple years at a cost to both itself and the student. We previously discussed a settlement with a Shawnee State professor over a pronoun dispute.

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JURIST

MAY 1, 2023

Last week, the Montana governor signed a bill banning gender-affirming healthcare for minors, showcasing a continued trend to restrict transgender rights. ” This temporary restraining order is effective until May 15, with a hearing scheduled for May 11. .”

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 31, 2021

However, the constitutions of six states do have provisions with explicit environmental rights – Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Montana, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. Now we have an important new decision from Montana. On August 4, 2021, the Montana First Judicial District Court denied defendants’ motion to dismiss in Held v.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 26, 2021

These cases deal with a malfunctioning 1996 Ford Explorer and a defective 1994 Crown Victoria vehicles, which caused the death of a passenger in Montana and the injury of another passenger in Minnesota, respectively. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court et al. The consolidated cases are: Ford Motor Co. and Ford Motor Co.

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NewmanFerraraLLP

JANUARY 23, 2023

This Litigation Was Pretty Juicy. The plaintiff, who lived in Illinois, sought to pursue claims on behalf of herself and a class of other Illinois-based purchasers, together with those consumers who lived in Arkansas, Iowa, Wyoming, Texas, Nebraska, South Dakota, West Virginia, Utah, Idaho, Nebraska and Montana. In Cristia v.

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CourtTechBulletin

DECEMBER 16, 2021

We were curious as to the status of online court help to the self-represented litigants as a good 2021 year-end wrapup article for the CTB? Guides on resources and legal information and a pointer to Montana Law Help legal services ( [link] ) are also available. We share what we found below.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

At a big-picture level, these cases limit the ability of the federal government to use these “technicalities” to avoid scrutiny in litigation of its activities. In the case at hand, Larry Wilkins and Jane Stanton complain about the use of a road that passes by their homes into the Bitterroot National Forest in Montana.

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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. Supreme Court held that the Quiet Title Act’s statute of limitations is a claim-processing rule rather than a bright-line rule that constrains a court’s jurisdiction.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. Climate Litigation Chart (Update #92): FEATURED CASE. and non-U.S. Here are the additions to the U.S. 24, 2016).

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 26, 2022

But there is another, bigger, problem with the diversity rationale that has been largely ignored by courts and litigants: In pursuing diversity, colleges universally rely on racial classifications derived from the Office of Management and Budget’s 1977 Statistical Directive No. Both of these problems have been debated in detail in past cases.

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Patently O

MAY 17, 2021

The holding is important–repeated and specific threats of litigation by an out-of-state patentee can be sufficient to establish personal jurisdiction for a declaratory judgment action. [2] Townes, Repeated and Specific Litigation Threats – Sufficient Minimum Contacts, Knobbe Martens Blog (2021). [3] Montana Eighth Jud.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Transmission lines are, like generation facilities, often held up by litigation. The NWP 12 litigation has thus impeded two major pipelines: Keystone XL and Atlantic Coast. While transmission lines have faced their own litigation, legal challenges arise out of different types of issues. In April of this year, the U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The dispute involves the Forest Service’s decision to permit general public use of a road near the Bitterroot National Forest in Montana. Larry Wilkins and his neighbor Gene Stanton (who live near the road) filed suit under the federal Quiet Title Act, arguing that general public use exceeds the terms of the easement that authorizes the road.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 19, 2021

They further speculate that doing so undermines the court’s legitimacy by giving a special role to a litigant with distinct ideological and partisan pre-commitments. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court , a case about personal jurisdiction.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Montana Legal Services Association will use its $234,514 grant to create a new “online front door” website that consolidates all its technology services, websites and tools into one easy-to-use web-based portal.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 18, 2023

Even if the decision stands, it applies only in the Ninth Circuit, which encompasses Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Berkeley has not yet said whether it will appeal the Ninth Circuit’s ruling.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Montana Legal Services Association will use its $234,514 grant to create a new “online front door” website that consolidates all its technology services, websites and tools into one easy-to-use web-based portal.

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 28, 2023

It is cross-posted at Transnational Litigation Blog. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court (2021). He tends to be more skeptical of litigation and court access policies, and he notably did not join Gorsuch’s concurrence in Ford. This post is by Maggie Gardner, a professor of law at Cornell Law School.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. On November 23, GM announced that it was withdrawing from the litigation. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Roati.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 6, 2017

Each month, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (APKS) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. Environmental Groups Filed NEPA Challenge of Montana Coal Mine Expansion. CLIMATE LITIGATION CHART.

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ALPS

MARCH 25, 2021

I’m Mark Bassingthwaighte, the risk manager here at ALPS, and you’re about to listen to the latest episode of ALPS In Brief, the podcast that comes to you from the historic Florence building in beautiful downtown Missoula, Montana. I’ve been thinking of late about estate planning issues, for as long as I can remember.

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LegalTalkNetwork

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

hails from Butte, Montana. Tune in to hear about their civility and litigation program. Per the usual, there was a lot more going on than we could possibly cover but we did manage to feature highlights from the best volunteers and minds in the legal profession. He is only the second attorney from his state to head the ABA.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 17, 2022

Hübner: Climate change litigation at the interface of private and public law – the foreign permit. Reimann : Jurisdiction in Product Liability Litigation: The US Supreme Court Finally Turns Against Corporate Defendants, Ford Motor Co. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court / Ford Motor Company v. Bandemer (2021).

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ALPS

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Looking at different types of practice, whether criminal litigator or transactional law, so on and so forth, as well as looking at the size of the firm. MATT: I mentioned that there potential relationship between the urban and the rural to see if there’s differences in well-being there.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. Derivative Litigation , No. MTSUN, LLC v Montana Department of Public Service Regulation , No. and non-U.S. filed Sept.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. Montana Federal Court Denied Requests to Stop Work on Keystone Pipeline, Asked for More Briefing on Separation of Powers Issues.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 2, 2021

Montana Department of Revenue , the Supreme Court ruled that although states are not required to subsidize private education, states that choose to do so cannot exclude religious schools from receiving funding simply because they are religious. A new case on public funding and religious education. Last year, in Espinoza v. Pivotal Software v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JANUARY 13, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. The federal district court for the District of Montana dismissed a lawsuit that sought to compel the U.S. and non-U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. The federal district court for the District of Montana is to consider these issues on remand. and non-U.S. 20-35412 (9th Cir.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. Montana Federal Court Found Failure to Take a Hard Look at Costs of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Review of Coal Mine Expansion.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 9, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. Citing “Unique Background” of Case, Montana Federal Court Rejected Transfer of Claims Regarding Public Lands in Wyoming.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. Recommended Denial of Montana and Wyoming’s Motion to File Bill of Complaint Against Washington for Blocking Coal Exports.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. In re: Border Infrastructure Environmental Litigation , No. CLIMATE LITIGATION CHART. and non-U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 7, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. Montana Federal Court Vacated Approvals for Mining Project. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Koati. and non-U.S. 21-8001 (D.C.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. On July 21, the plaintiffs filed their opposition in district court in Montana to the developers’ motion to dismiss the action as moot.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 2, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. Supreme Court Denied Montana and Wyoming’s Challenge to Washington Actions that Barred Coal Exports. and non-U.S. 20-1089 (U.S.

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