Montana Joint Ventures Law
State of Montana v. David Stanley
Bozeman, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged is possession of dangerous drugs (meth).<br> <br> David Stanly was charged with felony criminal possession of dangerous drugs (methamphatine).<br> <br> Stanley pled guilty under a plea agreement which in pertinent part reserved his right to appeal the denial of his suppression motion. In accordance with the joint plea agree... More...
$0 (11-19-2024 - MT)June Graham v. DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., et al.
<h2><br> Billing, Montanan product liability personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> <br> DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. (DePuy Synthes) is a Johnson & Johnson company that designs, manufactures, and distributes orthopedic devices and supplies:<br> <br> Products<br> DePuy Synthes offers a wide range of products for joint reconstruction, trauma, spinal surgery, sports medi... More...
$0 (10-18-2024 - MT)In re the Marriage of Lisa Marie Strecker and Bradley John Strecker
<h2><br> Billings, Montana divorce lawyers represented the parties in a marriage dissolution action.<br> </h2><br> <br> * * *<br> <br> ¶3 Lisa and Brad had been married for roughly 40 years prior to filing for divorce in June of 2021. At the beginning of their marriage, Brad worked for his parents on their family farm near Billings, Montana. Although Lisa initially worked outside of the farm, soo... More...
$0 (05-07-2024 - MT)State of Montana v. Freddie Joe Lawrence and Paul Jenkins
Montana City, Montana<br> <br> "Paul Jenkins and Freddie Joe Lawrence were codefendants wrongly convicted on February 24, 1995 of murder, robbery and aggravated kidnapping of 34-year-old Donna Meagher from the Jackson Creek Saloon in Montana City, Jefferson County, Montana on January 12, 1994. Among Meagher's injuries were wounds inflicted by a hammer. However, Meagher's body was found in Lewis an... More...
$0 (12-31-1995 - MT)J & L LANDS, LP v. JERRY W. NEZAT
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Helena, Montana - Real Estate lawyer represented Defendant and Appellant with appeals from the orders awarding a portion of the proceeds from the sale of his homestead property. </h3></font></b></i></center></font></center><br> <br> Nezat and his late wife Dixie Nezat were married for 45 years. Dixie died in <br> October 2008. The couple owned a... More...
$0 (07-04-2022 - MT)J & L Lands, L.P. v. Jerry W. Nezat
Kalispell, Montana real property law represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant seeking a portion of the sale of a homestead.<br> <br> ¶2 Nezat and his late wife Dixie Nezat were married for 45 years. Dixie died in <br> October 2008. The couple owned a 20-acre tract of land (the "Propertyâ€) in Flathead <br> County as tenants-in-common. In 1996, they built a home on the Property and filed a <... More...
$0 (06-07-2022 - MT)United States of America v. Jennifer Don Smith and Michael Thomas Kullberg
Missoula, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.<br> <br> ennifer Don Smith, 37, was indicted for committing wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Co-defendant Michael Thomas Kullberg, 34, Smith's husband, was indicted for theft of mail, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft on May12. <br> <br> U.S. District Judge Susan P... More...
$0 (05-19-2022 - MT)PHYLISS HAMMERMEISTER V WALTER HAMMERMEISTER
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Helena, MT – Divorce lawyer represented respondent in seeking a contempt charge. </h3></font></b></i></font></center></center><br> <br> In seeking reversal the district court's decision not to<br> hold Phyliss in contempt, Walter has first argued that<br> this Court should reverse the district court and remand<br> the matter to it for a ... More...
$0 (04-28-2022 - MT)CAROLYN W. BEST -Y~ WILLIAM BEST
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Helena, MT – Divorce lawyer represented Respondent with arguing that the Court erred in setting aside the Property Settlement Agreement. </h3></font></b></i></font></center></center><br> <br> <br> In June, 1978, DR. WILLIAM BEST and CAROLYN W. REST consulted MILTON DATSOPOULOS, a Missoula attorney, and dictated to <br> him an agreement ... More...
$0 (04-27-2022 - MT)IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF TERESA JOHNSON and LEO JOHKSON
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Helena, MT – Divorce lawyer represented Petitioner with petitioning for a legal separation. </h3></font></b></i></font></center></center><br> <br> The parties entered into a written <br> Stipulation for Temporary Custody and Support which <br> was incorporated in an Order of the District Court <br> dated December 17, 7984. 1 9, 1985, th... More...
$0 (04-27-2022 - MT)KIRK EAKIN and CATHY EAKIN v. STATE OF MONTANA and LEO GALLAGHER
<center><h2><font color="red">Helena, MT - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Kirk and Cathy Eakin with <i>appealing the March 16, 2020, order of the First Judicial District Court, Lewis and Clark Countydenying their petition for the return of seized electronic devices and stored data.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Eakins are the biological parents of H.E. In November of 2013, ... More...
$0 (12-07-2020 - MT)United States of America v. Johanna Estella Clark
Missoula, Montana wire fraud criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with embezzlement.<br> <br> Johanna Estella Clark, 44, formerly of Kalispell and currently of Florence, was charged with wire fraud.<br> <br> The prosecution said in court documents in the case that Clark worked for the Flathead Joint Board of Control (FJBC) from 2013 until May 2017. During those years FJBC was a go... More...
$0 (11-28-2020 - MT)DANIEL JAMES MAROZZO v. STATE OF MONTANA
<center><h2><font color="red">Libby, MT - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Rodney Dain Doster with <i> appealing from the September 19, 2019 Order of the Nineteenth Judicial District Court, Lincoln County, denying his petition for postconviction relief.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> In November 2015, Marozzo was charged with felony DUI and misdemeanor<br> driving while licen... More...
$0 (11-20-2020 - MT)STATE OF MONTANA v. CHRIS ARTHUR CHRISTENSEN
Hamilton, MT - Negligent Homicide<br> <br> <center><br> <table><br> <td><br> <img width="400" src=" https://nbcmontana.com/resources/media/23a42337-6831-4000-a0a5-e48b381207ea-large16x9_ImportedfromLakana.jpg?1581113473192 "> <br> </td><br> </table><br> <h1> <font color="red"> </font> </h1><br> </center><br> <br> <br> <br> ¶3 Christensen is a general physician who has practiced in Californi... More...
$0 (09-18-2020 - MT)STATE OF MONTANA v. EMMANUEL F. GOMEZ
<center><h1><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding:<br> 0em;"><a href="http://www.callmorelaw.com/" target="_new">MoreLaw Receptionists</a></br><font Color="Red">VOIP Phone and Virtual Receptionist Services<br> Call 918-582-6422 Today<br> </font></h1><P></center><br> On January 13, 2016, the State charged Gomez with one count of PFMA as a<br> continuing course of c... More...
$0 (04-16-2020 - MT)LITTLE BIG WARM RANCH, LLC v. CHERI L. DOLL and WILLIE L. DOLL
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.redefinedonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/montanacourt.jpg"><br> <h2> <font color="red"><h2> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> This case involves two water rights fromBig Warm Springs Creek andLittle Warm <br> Springs Creek: Claim 40M 168788-00 for stockwater, and Claim 40M 168789-00 for <br> irrigation. Cheri and Willie Doll (the Dolls) and L... More...
$0 (01-04-2019 - MT)STATE OF MONTANA v. THOMAS EMIL SLIWINSKI
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://app.mt.gov/conweb/Photo/Show/2046133"><br> <h2> <font color="red"><h2> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> Pursuant to Section I, Paragraph 3(c), Montana Supreme Court Internal Operating <br> Rules, this case is decided by memorandum opinion and shall not be cited and does not <br> serve as precedent. Its case title, cause number, and disposition shall ... More...
$0 (01-04-2019 - MT)United States of America v. Larry Wayne Price
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.mtd.uscourts.gov/sites/mtd/files/slides/Mansfield.png"><br> </center><br> Billings, MT - Billings coal mining official admits to wire fraud, money laundering, false statement charges<br> <br> A Billings man who worked for Signal Peak Energy, a Montana coal mining company, admitted in federal court today to an embezzlement scheme that defrauded companie... More...
$0 (12-19-2018 - MT)EDDIE M. DeLEON, JASON KINGERY and STEVE PAUL BECK v. BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY <table> <td>
Plaintiffs each filed Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) negligence claims<br> against BNSF in Montana’s Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Yellowstone County. <br> BNSF is a rail carrier incorporated in Delaware with its principal place of business in <br> Texas. BNSF does business in Montana: it has 2,061 miles of railroad track in Montana; <br> employs approximately 2,100 workers ... More...
$0 (09-18-2018 - MT)STATE OF MONTANA v. MURRY KIM REYNOLDS <table> <td>
On November 19, 2014, Reynolds was charged by Information in Ravalli County <br> with felony DUI and two misdemeanors: Failure To Have Liability Insurance In Effect <br> and Failure To Drive On The Right Side Of The Roadway. On March 5, 2015, Reynolds <br> and the State entered into a plea agreement, in which the State agreed to drop the <br> misdemeanors and Reynolds would plead guilty to the fe... More...
$0 (12-30-2017 - MT)United States of America v. Kevin David McGovern
Great Falls, MT - Billings Contractor and Companies Sentenced to Two Years in Prison and $4.58 Million in Fines and Restitution<br> <br> Kevin David McGovern was sentenced to 24 months of imprisonment, $880,000 in restitution (joint and several with his companies), $800,000 in fines, $500 in special assessments, and 2,000 hours of community service. CMG Construction, Inc., was ordered to pay $1.0... More...
$0 (06-20-2017 - MT)<b>DANIEL GERARD LACEY v. STATE OF MONTANA</b>
Lacey pled guilty to four counts of felony Sexual Intercourse Without Consent and <br> two counts of felony Sexual Assault. The facts related to these convictions are set forth <br> in State v. Lacey, 2009 MT 62, 349 Mont. 371, 204 P.3d 1192, wherein we affirmed <br> Lacey’s convictions, and werestate only those facts applicable to the issues raised here. <br> ¶3 In February 2005, Lacey and h... More...
$0 (02-13-2017 - MT)<b><h3>STATE OF MONTANA v. DAVID THOMAS WEISBARTH, II, </b></h3>
David Weisbarth is the birth fatherof T.W. Since age three, T.W. has resided with <br> her maternal grandfather Roy, who is her permanent guardian. Sometime between <br> October 23, 2012, and December 13, 2012, when T.W. was five years old, Roy took T.W. <br> to visit Weisbarth at his apartment in Great Falls. Soon after visiting her father, T.W. <br> reported to law enforcement that Weisbarth... More...
$0 (08-30-2016 - MT)Kelli Tyrrell v. BNSF Railway Company
The plaintiffs in these consolidated appeals, Robert Nelson and Kelli Tyrrell <br> (Tyrrell), as Special Administrator of the Estate of Brent Tyrrell (Brent), pled violations <br> of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA), 45 U.S.C. §§ 51 through 60, for injuries <br> allegedly sustained while Nelson and Brent were employed by BNSF Railway Company <br> in states other than Montana. Both... More...
$0 (06-07-2016 - MT)United States of America v. Neal Paul Rusette and Billi Anne Morsette
Great Falls, MT - Plain Green Officials Sent to Prison<br> <br> Former Chief Executive Officers for Plain Green, the Chippewa Cree Tribe’s internet lending business, were both sentenced today to several years in prison by U.S. District Judge Brian Morris in Great Falls. Neal Paul Rosette, 54, of Box Elder, who served as the lending corporation’s CEO from its origination until January of 2012... More...
$1488472 (03-08-2016 - MT)Crow Tribe Water Compact
This case represents the second appeal from the Crow Water Compact, an <br> agreement to distribute and manage water rights among the United States, the Crow Tribe <br> and the State of Montana(“Settling Parties”). The Crow Tribe, the United States through <br> the Department of the Interior, and the Montana Reserved Water Rights Compact<br> Commission agreed to the terms of the Compact in 1... More...
$0 (12-30-2015 - MT)Hastie v. Alpine
David Hastie was injured in an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) accident on his <br> girlfriend’s father’s property in late September or early October of 2010. He sustained <br> fractures to the bones that make up the Lisfranc joint complex on his right foot. Hastie <br> went to the Bozeman Deaconess Hospital for x-rays of his foot on October 4, 2010. After <br> viewing the x-rays, Dr. Mary Drake... More...
$0 (12-22-2015 - MT)Teton Co-op Canal v. Teton Coop Reservoir
Teton Canal was formed in 1903 for the purpose of appropriating, transporting, <br> storing, and using water for irrigation in Teton County. It and Teton Reservoir are <br> among several water supply entities that distribute water to shareholders from the Teton <br> River northwest of Choteau, Montana. Numerous other water users also divert water <br> from this stretch of the Teton River. Teton... More...
$0 (12-16-2015 - MT)LINDA FRENCH v. JOHN K. BEIGHLE, D.P.M.,
French injured her right big toe in March 2004 when she jammed it into a table in <br> her home. She consulted with her family practitioner at the time of her injury who <br> confirmed she had not broken her foot. A few months later, in June 2004, French sought <br> assistance from Dr. Beighle. An MRI indicated degenerative arthritis in the right big toe, <br> a condition that can be caused by... More...
$0 (10-26-2015 - MT)French v. Beighle
Pursuant to Section I, Paragraph 3(d), Montana Supreme Court Internal Operating <br> Rules, this case is decided by memorandum opinion and shall not be cited and does not <br> serve as precedent. Its case title, cause number, and disposition shall be included in this <br> Court’s quarterly list of noncitable cases published in the Pacific Reporter and Montana <br> Reports. Linda French (French... More...
$0 (10-24-2015 - MT)Barbara Fletcher v. Park County
¶1 Pursuant to Section I, Paragraph 3(c), Montana Supreme Court Internal Operating<br> Rules, this case is decided by memorandum opinion and shall not be cited and does not serve<br> as precedent. Its case title, cause number, and disposition shall be included in this Court's<br> quarterly list of noncitable cases published in the Pacific Reporter and Montana Reports.<br> ¶2 Barbara and Scott Fl... More...
$0 (07-01-2015 - MT)Wendell E. Bennett, Jr. v. Ronald S. Hill
¶1 Wendell Bennett, Jr., Kathryne Bennett, Karla Lange, Schneiter Enterprises, LTD,<br> and Roger F. Dallner Trust ("Appellantsâ€) appeal from the orders of the Montana Thirteenth<br> Judicial District Court, Yellowstone County, granting summary judgment and ordering<br> attorney fees in favor of Ronald Hill, Specialized Construction, Inc., Ronald S. Hill, LLC,<br> and Lake Hills Golf, LLC (... More...
$0 (02-03-2015 - MT)Cody Meine, et al. v. Hren Ranches, Inc., et al.
¶1 Plaintiffs/Appellees (collectively, the Meines) commenced this action in the Fifth<br> Judicial District Court, Beaverhead County, against Defendants/Appellants (collectively,<br> the Hrens) seeking a determination that they hold a prescriptive easement over the Hrens'<br> land and a permanent injunction prohibiting the Hrens from blocking or impeding the use<br> of this easement. Following a ... More...
$0 (01-27-2015 - MT)Mary McCulley v. U.S. Bank of Montana
¶1 U.S. Bank of Montana (hereinafter U.S. Bank or the Bank) appeals from the<br> judgment entered by the Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Gallatin County, following a<br> jury trial. In 2006, Mary McCulley (McCulley) purchased a condominium in Bozeman<br> and sought a 30-year residential financing loan from Heritage Bank, predecessor to U.S.<br> Bank, in the amount of $300,000. In June 2009, M... More...
$0 (04-14-2015 - MT)United States of America v. Wade Christopher Colliflower
GREAT FALLS, MT – The former president of an Indian rodeo association at Rocky Boy's was sentenced to six months in federal custody for his role in a scheme to embezzle monies from Chippewa Cree Rodeo Association accounts. U.S. District Judge Brian Morris ordered Wade Christopher Colliflower, 33, of Box Elder, in connection with his earlier guilty plea of theft from an Indian tribal organi... More...
$0 (05-07-2015 - MT)United States of America v. Florence Irene Jara
The United States Attorney's Office announced that on March 20, 2014, FLORENCE IRENE JARA, 52, of Billings, was ordered to serve a term of five years of probation, pay $41,984.60 in restitution to the Social Security Administration, and perform 275 hours of community service, by U.S. District Judge Susan Watters.<br><br>In the prosecution's sentencing memorandum, Assistant U.S. Attorney Chad C. S... More...
$0 (03-21-2014 - MT)United States of America v. Waylon Novelle Blount
The United States Attorney's Office announced today after molesting and taking sexually explicit pictures of a child for two years, WAYLON NOVELLE BLOUNT, 36, of Wolf Point, was sentenced in federal court on March 18, 2014, to ten and a half years in prison and fifteen years supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge Brian M. Morris.<br><br>Blount pleaded guilty to abusive sexual contact and... More...
$0 (03-21-2014 - MT)United States of America v. Kevin Devereaux
The United States Attorney's Office Announced that after having been acquitted in 2012 of sexual assault, and then again in 2013-in trials involving other victims-Poplar resident Kevin Devereaux was found guilty of rape, assault and burglary by a federal jury in Great Falls on Thursday, February 27, 2014, after a two day trial.<br> <br> Devereaux, 51, was charged with raping a woman in Poplar in 2... More...
$0 (02-28-2014 - MT)Helen L. Britton v. Elise C. Brown
¶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.<br><br>¶2 The dispositive issue o... More...
$0 (02-12-2013 - MT)Anne Nang Loi v. Todd C. Feeley
¶1 Todd Feeley (Todd) and Anne Nang Loi (Anne) were married in 1993. Prior to their marriage, Anne inherited or was gifted an amount between $200,000 and $240,000 from the sale of her family's frozen shrimp business in France. Anne filed for dissolution of the parties' marriage in January 2009. At trial, Anne alleged that approximately $180,000 of the parties' $198,000 down payment on the marital... More...
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