Judges are elected without party designation, and seven members make up the Montana Supreme Court. Montana includes 56 counties. Municipalities have police forces, and each county has an elected sheriff, who appoints deputies and has jurisdiction outside towns and cities. Some sheriffs and deputies,...
However, in 1950, the Supreme Court declared slot machine gambling illegal. Shortly after, a plan to legalize gambling was voted down by 4–1. Montana passed the Card Game, Bingo, Raffles, and Sports Pool Act in 1973. This bill legalized charitable games across the state. The Montana Lott...
However, the state couldn’t expand its sports betting offering until the US Supreme Court struck down PASPA in 2018. Two sports betting bills were introduced in 2019, one of which was the successful HB 725. The other was SB 330, which would have allowed bars to offer their own sports ...
Home Attorneys and other professionals who must stay current with the law have relied onMontana Law Weeksince 1984 for concise, accurate summaries of opinions and orders from the Montana Supreme Court, State District Courts, Montana Federal Courts, and Workers’ Compensation Court, as well as civil...
For most people, going in to Court unrepresented is an intimidating and difficult thing. Luckily, Montana has the Self Help Law Program, with offices across the state. It’s a free service provided by the Montana Supreme Court to help with civil legal problems. This means that they’re ...
Terry Trieweiler served on the Montana Supreme Court for over 12 years where he authored over 1,200 opinions. Before that he was a recognized authority in the areas of professional liability, product liability, the Federal Employers Liability Act, and wo
(According to thevox.com website,a furry is someone with an interest in anthropomorphized animals — that is, animals who have been given human characteristics, like an ability to talk or walk on their hind legs. A 2014 survey found that tails are the most commonly owned fur-suit componen...
TheMontana Growth Network, funded by out-of-state billionaires and corporations, thinks Montanan’s aren’t smart enough to pick the members of our Supreme Court so, they spent $900,000 to assure that their friendly candidate would be elected in 2012. Three years later, an investigation by ...
A group opposed to the legalization of recreational marijuana plans to ask the Montana Supreme Court to remove I-190 from the ballot because it violates the Montana Constitution.
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