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2 Feb 2017, 8:35 am by Alexandra Vernis
The Montana Supreme Court ruled Commissioner of Political Practices Jonathon Motl’s term has expired, but he must remain in office until a replacement is found. [read post]
19 Jan 2017, 1:07 pm by Amy Howe
Bristol-Myers asked the Supreme Court to weigh in on the standard for determining when a lawsuit is sufficiently related to the defendant’s contacts with the state where the lawsuit is filed to give that state’s courts “specific jurisdiction” – that is, jurisdiction based on the defendant’s activities in the state that gave rise to the plaintiff’s claim. [read post]
18 Jan 2017, 10:19 am by John Elwood
Florida, violates the Sixth Amendment; (2) whether Hurstand the Sixth and Eighth Amendments require, at least, a unanimous jury recommendation for a sentence of death, as the Florida Supreme Court held on remand in Hurst; and (3) whether the Supreme Court’s decision in Hurst applies retroactively to the petitioner’s case, and the cases of other condemned inmates sentenced under unconstitutional capital sentencing laws, when the new rule announced in… [read post]
18 Jan 2017, 7:35 am by Kate Howard
Florida, violates the Sixth Amendment; (2) whether Hurstand the Sixth and Eighth Amendments require, at least, a unanimous jury recommendation for a sentence of death, as the Florida Supreme Court held on remand in Hurst; and (3) whether the Supreme Court’s decision in Hurst applies retroactively to the petitioner’s case, and the cases of other condemned inmates sentenced under unconstitutional capital sentencing laws, when the new… [read post]
13 Jan 2017, 1:27 pm by Steven Boutwell
By Scott Huffstetler Today, the United States Supreme Court decided to consider three decisions involving class-action waivers in employee arbitration agreements. [read post]
13 Jan 2017, 12:10 pm by Amy Howe
The lower courts agreed, and the state has asked the Supreme Court to take up the case. [read post]
12 Jan 2017, 7:01 am by John Elwood
Montana, 16-123) and stripping a naturalized citizen of citizenship (Maslenjak v. [read post]
11 Jan 2017, 7:19 am by Kate Howard
Massachusetts 16-240 Issue: Whether a defendant asserting ineffective assistance that results in a structural error must, in addition to demonstrating deficient performance, show that he was prejudiced by counsel’s ineffectiveness, as held by four circuits and five state courts of last resort; or whether prejudice is presumed in such cases, as held by four other circuits and two state high courts. [read post]
5 Jan 2017, 8:40 am by Todd Henderson
Under the Connecticut Supreme Court’s holding, the Lewises can sue in a gaming disputes court operated by the tribe, but cannot sue in Connecticut state court. [read post]
29 Dec 2016, 2:18 pm by Michael S. Levine
  In doing so, the New Jersey Supreme Court limited application of its decision in Cooper v. [read post]
24 Dec 2016, 5:26 pm by Ron Coleman
Scott Henson writes that cops, crimes, and courts aren’t the solution to every problem. [read post]
21 Dec 2016, 5:14 pm
Supreme Court in a long-running dispute over state water rights says Wyoming is obligated to provide enough water to fill a reservoir in Montana. [read post]
15 Dec 2016, 7:34 am by Gerald Maatman, Jr.
The 2016 “Watch List” The ATRA also included 8 jurisdictions on its “watch list,” including Georgia (principally in the Georgia Supreme Court), Illinois (in the McClean County region), Montana (particularly the Montana Supreme Court), Texas (in the Northern District of Texas), Pennsylvania (especially in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Allegheny County, and the Philadelphia Court of Common… [read post]
14 Dec 2016, 4:38 am by Edith Roberts
Montana, a pending cert petition that asks the court to decide “whether it is okay for a defendant to be tried by a non-lawyer judge where a state does not give the defendant a new trial on the appeal to a court whose judge is a lawyer”; he notes that eight states allow the practice, and questions whether “a non-lawyer judge” will “have the legal knowledge to make rulings that comply with statutes and the… [read post]
13 Dec 2016, 8:16 am
"Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts; Lawyer: State Supreme Court program unconstitutional. [read post]
23 Nov 2016, 8:38 pm by Jon Katz
Curiously, Virginia’s Court of Appeals in Turner relies on a 1947 state Supreme Court case — when Jim Crow was in full throttle in Virginia and the rest of the South — to say that in Turner’s case his noose display was as much in a public place as was Montana Hackney’s allegedly disorderly conduct when Hackney spouted ugly words from his own porch. [read post]