No one would deny that Donald Trump, the real estate magnate, television personality, author, and erstwhile presidential candidate, cuts a celebrated, if controversial, public figure. We must decide whether Trump University, LLC, a private, for-profit entity purporting to teach Trump’s “insider success secrets,” is itself a public or limited public figure so as to implicate the

Appellant-Plaintiff, Dennis Fahlsing (Father), appeals the trial court’s denial of his motion for summary judgment in favor of Shannon Fahlsing (Shannon) and Angela Taylor (Angela) (collectively, the Daughters) and its order staying the action and compelling arbitration.

We affirm.

ISSUES

Father raises two issues on appeal, which we restate as follows:

(1) Whethe

Laura Chickadaunce (“Wife”) appeals the order dissolving her marriage to Mark Chickadaunce (“Husband”). She argues on appeal the trial court should not have granted joint legal and physical custody of the children, should have awarded Wife child support, and should not have awarded certain assets to Husband. We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The facts fa

Mark Palmquist is a Marine Corps veteran who worked as a civilian employee with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs from 2004 to 2010. He was convicted of fraud in connection with his own receipt of veterans benefits.

Adverting to Garrity v. New Jersey, 385 U.S. 493 (1967), Palmquist challenges his conviction on grounds that statements he made during an interview with a Veterans Admini

In this defamation case, appellant Warren Aldous challenges the trial court‘s partial summary judgment on liability entered against him on deemed admissions and the legal and factual sufficiency of the evidence to support the damages award to appellee Eric Bruss after a contested hearing. Appellant Michael Aldous asserts that (1) the trial court erred by denying his motion for new trial in w

Mitsu Capote, the former wife, appeals the final judgment of dissolution of her marriage to Frank Alfonso Capote, the former husband. He cross-appeals. They

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each dispute various aspects of the trial court's equitable distribution of marital assets and debts. We affirm, in part, reverse, in part, and remand for further proceedings.

By way of background, we know that the p

Darren S. Anthony sued Shalove R. Robinson on an auto negligence theory claiming:

1. Plaintiff Darren S. Anthony (“Anthony”) is an individual residing in Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma.

2. Plaintiff Sheena A. Ritchie (“ Ritchie”) is an individual residing in Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma.

3. Based upon information and belief, Defendant Shalove L. R

Christopher M. Trotter appeals from the district court's summary denial of his pro se motion to correct an illegal sentence in which he requested that his capital murder conviction be reversed because the complaint did not list the names of both individuals whose deaths served as the basis for the capital murder charge. We affirm the summary denial of Trotter's motion because a motion to correct a

The question presented is whether an easement is void ab initio or merely subject to a lien-type interest when the male owner of a servient estate violates the statute of frauds by granting an easement without securing his wife’s waiver of her then-inchoate dower interest. Consistent with long-standing precedent of the Michigan Supreme Court, an inchoate dower interest is an encumbrance on

Appellant Conejo Wellness Center, Inc. (Conejo) is located in the City of Agoura Hills. Conejo is a California cooperative corporation that operates as a nonprofit collective engaged in the distribution of medical marijuana to its members. Respondent is the City of Agoura Hills (Agoura).

In the court below, Conejo filed a complaint which sought injunctive and declaratory relief against Agou

Beltsy Reynoso, a native and citizen of the Dominican Republic, was granted conditional permanent residency in the United States in 2002 on the basis of her marriage to a United States citizen. Sometime following that grant, Ms. Reynoso and her husband began divorce proceedings. When she later sought to remove the conditions on her residency, she filed her application without her husband co-signi

Billy Wadsworth sued Wedge Measurement Systems, Inc. on wrongful termination and retaliation theories claiming:

1. That Defendant is a foreign limited liability company, as registered with the
Okiahoma Secretary of State’s office, and located in Tulsa County, Oklahoma.

2. That Plaintiff is an individual and former employee of Defendant and was employed with Defendant t

Over a decade ago, defendant Guy Westmoreland was convicted in two trials, in the first for conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, and in the second for five additional counts stemming from the murder of the wife of his partner in drugdealing: causing the death of a person through the use of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime; using interstate commerce facilities to commit murder

Appellants Mother and Father separately appeal the termination of their parental rights to K.R.G. We affirm.

II. Procedural Background

K.R.G. was born on November 11, 2005, and her brother A.G. was born on July 4, 2010. The Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) filed its original petition in this case on July 29, 2010, with regard to both K.R.G. and A.G., listing

This appeal involves competing motions for enforcement and contempt orders entered against both appellant, Patrice McBride, and appellee, Albert McBride, for violating several provisions of their divorce decree. Albert was held in contempt for failing to pay certain child support commitments; Patrice was held in contempt for violating certain provisions of the parties’ standard possession o

This is a restricted appeal from a “no-answer” default judgment that appellees Robert L. Haug, Vince Wood, and Highland Ventures, I, Ltd. obtained against appellant Linda Hayes Schoendienst (Hayes). Hayes 1 brings three issues urging reversal of the judgment. Her principal complaint is that appellees violated her due process rights by taking the default judgment without prior notice af

Kendra S. Shipman, individually and as Mother and Next Friend of Tanner S. Shipman, a Minor under the age of eighteen years sued Shane Richardson, Bradley S. Shipman and Tammy Taylor claiming:

1. Prior to the 3 day of September, 2011, counsel for the parties in Case Number FD-2010-193 in the District Court of Logan County, Oklahoma, entered into an agreement to allowthe Defendant, BRADLEY S

Eric Russell Andreasen appeals from a judgment convicting him of first degree murder, with a special circumstance finding of murder during the commission of attempted robbery. At trial, defendant disputed that he was engaged in a robbery at the time of the killing, and also raised a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity.

On appeal, defendant argues the guilt phase judgment must be revers

Defendant Michael Elbert Lockwood appeals from a restitution order entered after he was convicted of corporal injury to a cohabitant and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The trial court ordered defendant to pay $20,900.37 in restitution to reimburse the Restitution Fund for funds paid on behalf of the victim. Defendant contends that the trial court erred by not releasing to him record

Jennifer Vasquez, Thomas Vasquez and Michayla C. Cory sued Harold Peak on auto negligence theories claiming:

1. Plaintiffs are residents of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma.

2. Defendant is a resident of Garfield County, Oklahoma.

3. The actions complained of herein occurred in Garfield County, Oklahoma.

4. On the 8th day of September, 2009, Plaintiff Jennifer Vasquez

¶1 Elise C. Brown (Brown) appeals the Final Partition Judgment of the Twentieth Judicial District Court, Lake County, which confirmed almost all of a report that partitioned 10.88 acres of property on and around Flathead Lake that Brown jointly owned with her sister, Helen L. Britton (Britton), as tenants in common. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

¶2 The dispositive iss

¶1 In December 2008, Linda Green was driving her vehicle southbound on Highway 87 North in Musselshell County, Montana, when she was struck by a truck owned by Stockton Oil Company (Stockton Oil or Stockton) and driven by Ronald Ray Gerber. Green suffered bodily injuries as a result of the accident as well as property damage to her vehicle. On January 7, 2011, Green filed a Complaint in the Fou

¶1 Pursuant to Section I, Paragraph 3(d), Montana Supreme Court Internal Operating Rules, this case is decided by memorandum opinion and shall not be cited and does not serve as precedent. Its case title, cause number, and disposition shall be included in this Court’s quarterly list of noncitable cases published in the Pacific Reporter and Montana Reports.

¶2 Jeffery Bain appea

¶1 Plaintiffs are a group of landowners (Landowners1) who own properties abutting South Avenue in the City of Missoula. The instant lawsuit arose out of a dispute between Landowners and the City concerning the width of the public right-of-way constituting South Avenue. Following a bench trial, the Fourth Judicial District Court, Missoula County, determined that the right-of-way is 60 feet wide.

¶1 David Michael Eslick (David) appeals from a default final decree of dissolution entered by Montana’s Fourth Judicial District Court, Missoula County, after David failed to appear at the final pretrial conference. The District Court entered a default in David’s absence after refusing to grant his motion for a continuance of the dissolution proceedings due to an unexpected hospit