The Montana Supreme Court has denied a petition for post-conviction relief filed by a Billings man who argued that a District Court judge misinterpreted the state’s arson law and that he had ineffective attorneys. The Dec. 20 Supreme Court ruling …
A sharply divided Montana Supreme Court has ruled that forcing a Hutterite religious colony to pay workers’ compensation insurance for jobs outside the commune is not an unconstitutional intrusion into religion. The 4-3 decision upholds a 2009 law requiring religious …
The Montana Supreme Court has ruled that litigation concerning the Kerr Dam on Flathead Lake and possible damage to lakeshore property resulting from fluctuating lake levels can proceed as a class-action lawsuit. The Daily Inter Lake reported that the court …
The Montana Supreme Court has vacated a lower court order requiring a psychological exam for a woman seeking insurance benefits for a back injury and other injuries she suffered after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in Chicago in 2003. …