State v. Menahan
24-0431: The State asks the Montana Supreme Court to immediately exercise supervisory control, vacate the July 16, 2024, Temporary Restraining Order (requiring all Montana counties and the Montana Secretary of State to count inactive voters as qualified electors for purposes of CI-126, CI-127, and CI-128), and allow the orderly counting of petition signatures to proceed according to Montana law.
MT Democratic Party v. 1st Jud. Dist. Court
24-0524: The Montana Democratic Party asks the Montana Supreme Court to immediately exercise supervisory control and grant injunctive relief to prevent a Green Party candidate from unlawfully appearing on the general election ballot.
M.S.R.R. et al. v. Jacobsen, et al.
OP 24-0182: Petitioners ask the Court to hold that the Attorney General’s ballot statement for Constitutional Initiative 14 (“CI14”) is argumentative, prejudicial, and inaccurate under § 13-27-212(1), MCA; (2) hold that MSRR’s statement is clear and impartial and should have been
approved by the A.G. under § 13-27-226(3)(c), MCA; and (3) certify MSRR’s statement directly to the Montana Secretary of State (“Secretary”), effective immediately upon this Court’s decision. MSRR also respectfully seeks an order directing that the A.G. and any amici respond no later than Friday, March 29, 2024, and that the Court issue its decision as expeditiously as possible
Van Garderen et al. v. State et al.
DA 23-0572: The Missoula county District Court enjoined (prohibited the enforcement of) Senate Bill 99 from the 2023 Legislative Session, titled the “Youth Health Protection Act,” which prohibits certain medical and surgical treatments for gender dysphoria when their purpose is to medically “transition” a minor from their sex to their perceived gender identity. The State asks the Montana Supreme Court to reverse the District Court's injunction.
Wild Montana et al. v. Gianforte et al.
DA 24-0153: The Governor appeals the judgement of the First Judicial District Court compelling a veto poll on the case of SB 442.
M.S.R.R. et al. v. Knudsen, et al.
OP 24-0052: Petitioners ask the Montana Supreme Court to declare that (1) CI-14 does not violate the separate vote requirement; (2) there is no authority for the A.G.’s fiscal statement or, in the alternative, the statement must conform to the actual above-the-line conclusion of the fiscal note and omit agency commentary; and (3) Petitioners’ ballot statements comply with the relevant statutory requirements. The Court should direct the A.G. to forward MSRR’s ballot statements to the Secretary within five days of this Court’s decision.
Matter of H.K., YINC
DA 24-0099: Father and Stepmother appeal from the injunction entered in the 17th Judicial District Court on January 18, 2024.
T.K. & K.K. v. Seventeenth Judicial Dist.
OP 24-0071: Petitioners respectfully request that this Court (1) stay all contempt proceedings in the District Court and (2) vacate the 17th Judicial District Court’s Gag Order.
T.K. & K.K. v. Seventeenth Judicial Dist.
OP 24-0078: Petitioners respectfully request that this Court (1) stay all contempt proceedings in the District Court and (2) vacate the 17th Judicial District Court’s Gag Order.
MEIC and Earthworks v. Office of the Governor
DA 23-0648: Office of Governor appeals the Opinion and Order entered on June 6, 2023.
Broadwater Co. v. Release of Confidential Info
DA 22-0182: Jason Ellsworth, the Appellant above-named and who was a Defendant in that cause of action filed in the First Judicial District Court, appeals from the Order Following In Camera Review.
ManyWounds v. 20th Judicial District Court
OP 23-0629: Petition for Writ of Supervisory COntrol, whether the district court erred in removing C.L.W. from the care of his mother.
Forward Montana v. State
DA 22-0639: Forward Montana, Leo Gallagher, the Montana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and Gary Zadick appeal from the First District Court's Order on Attorney Fees.
Matter of A. Knudsen
PR 23-0496: the Office of Disciplinary Counsel for the State of Montana (ODC), hereby charges Respondent, Austin Miles Knudsen, with professional misconduct.
Montana Quality Education Coalition v. Beaverhead County, et al.
OP 23-0592: Montana Quality Education Coalition seeks a Writ of Mandate requiring Respondents to levy the 95 mills for Fiscal Year 2024 in accordance with the Montana Department of Revenue’s (“DOR”) calculation transmitted to Respondents’ governing boards on September 11, 2023.
O'Neill v. Gianforte
DA 23-0555: Greg Gianforte, in his official capacity as Governor of Montana, appeals the Order for Summary Judgment, that concluded “no form of executive privilege [is] recognized in Montana.”
MACO v. State of Montana
OP 23: 0635: Petitioners request a declaration that § 15-10-420, MCA, requires the Montana Department of Revenue the “Statewide Mills and the Vo-Tech Mills, does not permit the Department to force Counties to levy more or less than the calculated mills, and does not permit the Department to carry forward mills to future years.
Montanans for Election Reform v. State of Montana
OP 23-0634: Petitioners seek this Court’s declaration that the Attorney General’s determination that Ballot Issue 12 is legally insufficient is incorrect.
R. Held, Et Al v. State, Et Al.
DA 23-0575: The State of Montana appeals from various orders of the First Judicial District Court.
Planned Parenthood v. State
DA 23-0287: Attorney General Austin Knudsen appeals from the First Judicial District Court's oral ruling from the bench granting a preliminary injunction on May 22, 2023.
Planned Parenthood v. State
DA 23-0288: Attorney General Austin Knudsen appeals from the First Judicial District Court's oral ruling from the bench granting a preliminary
injunction on May 22, 2023
Democratic Party v. Jacobsen
DA 22-0667: Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen appeals to the Montana Supreme Court from the Thirteenth Judicial District Court's Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Order entered on September 30, 2022, the Order re: Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment and Youth Plaintiffs’ Cross Motion for Summary Judgment, and all orders and proceedings leading up to the judgment.