Montana Labor Relation Law
United States of America v. Jussica Leigh Siegel
Billings, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud.<br> <br> 18 U.S.C. 1343 provides:<br> <br> Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, transmits or causes to be transmitted by means of wire, radio, or televisi... More...
$0 (07-02-2025 - MT)State of Montana v. Yanbin Bao
<h2><br> Missoula, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking.<br> </h2><br> <br> The State charged Yanbin Bao (Bao), a foreign national and resident of South Carolina, with seven counts of felony sex trafficking under § 45-5-702(1), MCA, and one count of felony labor trafficking under § 45-5-703(1), MCA. Bao allegedly ran a prostitution operation ... More...
$0 (12-17-2024 - MT)<h1> United States of America v. Orrin Richard Alden III </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Billings, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> 17-year-old sentenced to more than 29 years in prison for murder in shooting death of man on Crow Indian Reservation</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Orrin Richard Alden III, age 17-ye... More...
$0 (11-06-2024 - MT)James Morrison v. United States et al.
<h2><br> Billings, Montana lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on medical malpractice theory.<br> </h2><br> <br> Morrison's claims relate to medical treatment he did or did not receive in November, 2021 and associated events. Morrison sought treatment at the Indian Health Services. (Doc 5 at 2.) He was then transferred to Billings Clinic, who then treated him improperly. (Doc. 5 at 3.) He wa... More...
$0 (10-18-2024 - MT)United States of America v. Mickey James Buchholz
<font color="red"><h2><br> Great Falls, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud.<br> </font </color="red"></h2><br> <br> Violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343:<br> <br> Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, transmits... More...
$0 (06-18-2024 - MT)Chester R. Bauer v. State of Montana
<br> ¶ 1 Chester R. Bauer (Bauer) appeals from the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief by the Seventeenth Judicial District Court, Blaine County. We reverse and remand for resentencing.<br> <br> ¶ 2 The sole issue on appeal is whether the District Court erred in concluding that Bauer was not entitled to resentencing on due process grounds.<br> <br> Factual and Proce... More...
$0 (08-03-1999 - MT)United States of America v. Christopher Patrick Cruz
At first glance, there appears to be something odd about a<br> court of law in a diverse nation such as ours deciding whether<br> a specific individual is or is not "an Indian.â€<br> 1<br> Yet, given the<br> long and complex relationship between the government of the<br> United States and the sovereign tribal nations within its borders, the criminal jurisdiction of the federal government of... More...
$0 (02-10-2009 - MT)United States of America v. Signal Peak Energy, L.L.C.
Billings, Montana criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with willful violation of mandatory health and safety standard under 30 U.S.C. 820.<br> <br> Signal Peak Energy LLC, admitted to willful violation of health and safety standards at its underground coal mine near Roundup by failing to report injuries to workers and improperly disposing mine waste.<br> <br> Signal Peak Energy ... More...
$0 (01-31-2022 - MT)State of Montana v. Lloyd James Noble
Appellant was charged by information with committing first degree murder and first degree assault.<br> "COUNT I<br> <br> "In the District Court of the Thirteenth Judicial District of the State of Montana, in and for the County of Yellowstone, on the 19th day of February A.D. 1962, comes William J. Speare, County Attorney of said county, and here in said District Court, upon his official oath and i... More...
$0 (08-02-1963 - MT)United States of America v. Taylor Leigh Plain Bull
Billings, Montana second degree murder charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Taylor Leigh Plain Bull, 27, a transient, who was charged with second degree murder and to use of a firearm during a crime of violence as charged in an amended superseding information. Plain Bull faces life in prison, a $250,000 fine and five years of supervised release on the murder charge, and a mandator... More...
$0 (03-05-2021 - 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)TAD BRENDEN v. CITY OF BILLINGS
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$0 (04-16-2020 - MT)STATE OF MONTANA v. CHARLES EDWARD JARDEE
<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> In March of 2014, the District Court sentenced Jardee for two counts of felony<br> partner or famil... More...
$0 (04-16-2020 - MT)State of Louisiana v. Brandy Shackelford
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$0 (01-19-2020 - MT)IN THE MATTER OF: B.H. and G.H. Youths in Need of Care
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$0 (01-17-2020 - MT)KEVIN and HEIDI DETTMERING v. FLATHEAD COUNTY, a political Subdivision of the State of Montana
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$0 (10-25-2019 - MT)Mary Ann Murray v. BEJ Minerals, LLC
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.mtd.uscourts.gov/sites/mtd/files/Hatfield%20Courthouse3.png"><br> </center><br> Upon a vote of a majority of the non-recused active<br> judges, we granted rehearing en banc in Murray v. BEJ<br> Minerals, LLC, 908 F.3d 437 (9th Cir. 2018) (“Murray II”),<br> to determine whether dinosaur fossils are part of the surface<br> estate or the mineral esta... More...
$0 (05-20-2019 - MT)STATE OF MONTANA v. DOUGLAS ALAN MEHAN
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$0 (05-10-2019 - MT)The Depot, Inc. v. Caring for Montanians, Inc. d/k/a Blue Cross Blue Shield of Monatna
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.mtd.uscourts.gov/sites/mtd/files/slides/Missouri.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Plaintiffs are three small employers in Montana who are<br> members of the Montana Chamber of Commerce.<br> Defendants are health insurance companies that marketed<br> fully insured health insurance plans to the Chamber’s<br> members branded “Chamber Choices.” From 2006... More...
$0 (02-07-2019 - MT)STATE OF MONTANA v. BARRY WILLIAM MILLS
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$0 (10-17-2018 - MT)United States of America v. Gabriel Elijah Kane Arkinson and Jamie Nicole Milsten
Helena, MT - Federal jury in Helena convicts two in home invasion case<br> <center><br> <h2><br> <p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding: 0em;"><br> <font color="red">Morelaw Internet Marketing</font><br> <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28012&z=74103&s=OK" target="_new">Free and Value Added Legal Services Marketing</a><br> <br> <... More...
$0 (10-09-2018 - MT)UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Bureauof Land Management) v. RON KORMAN and MAXINE KORMAN
<center><br> <img width="300" src=" https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm_prod.opengov.ibmcloud.com/themes/custom/blm_gov_omega/logo.png"><br> <h2></h2><br> </center><br> This Case involves the United States’ water rights in two small reservoirs—the <br> Chevy and Poker Reservoirs—on federal grazing lands within Montana Water Basin <br> 40M. Water Court case 40M-230 is made up of forty-six stock a... More...
$0 (09-24-2018 - MT)United States of America v. George Goodrie
Great Falls, MT - Great Falls Felon Sentenced for Gun Possession<br> <br> George Goodrie, age 45, was sentenced to 38 months in prison, 2 years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided over the hearing. <br> <br> During the early morning hours of January 17, 2016, Great Falls police searched for Goodrie in relation to an earlier reported ... More...
$0 (09-19-2018 - MT)CHRISTY A. BOCKMAN-FRYBERGER v. STATE OF MONTANA <table> <td>
Shortly before 10p.m. on January21, 2016, Greg Fryberger, an employee of <br> MDOT, finished clearing snow berms with a front-end loader on an intersection of U.S. <br> Highway 93.1 He was working about ten miles north of the MDOT shop where the <br> loader normally was kept. After finishing his work, Fryberger began driving back to the <br> MDOT shop to return the loader. It was five hours af... More...
$0 (08-30-2018 - MT)STATE OF MONTANA v. CHRISTY ANN CUMMINGS <table> <td>
¶2 Christy Ann Cummings appeals from a judgment of conviction for theft by threat <br> or deception entered bythe Fourth Judicial District Court, Missoula County. We affirm. <br> ¶3 In 2008, Cummings applied to receive Section 8 housing assistance from the <br> United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in coordination <br> with the MissoulaHousing Authority (MHA). The pr... More...
$0 (07-06-2018 - MT)STATE OF MONTANA v. JUSTIN BOYD DODGE <table> <td>
On November 10, 2014, while driving under the influence of methamphetamine in <br> Kalispell, Montana, Boyd drove off the road and collided with a concrete block and traffic <br> signal control box. Subsequently, Boyd pleaded guilty to felony DUI. Probation Officer <br> Rae Baker (Baker) prepared a presentence-investigation report (PSI), in which she <br> recommended Dodge pay $14,438.44 in res... More...
$0 (12-30-2017 - MT)STATE OF MONTANA v. DAVID GARY BURTON <table> <td>
The Lewis and Clark County Sheriff’s Office and Helena Police Department <br> connected Burton toaseries of crimes that startedin 2010 and culminatedin December of <br> 2011. Prosecutors alleged the following crimes were committed by Burton: On <br> September7, 2010, a Ruger .380 caliber pistolwas stolen from Timothy Kosena’s vehicle<br> in the Helena Valley. On November 28, 2010, the Helena... More...
$0 (12-18-2017 - MT)<b><h3> THE CLARK FORK COALITION v. Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation v. MONTANA WELL DRILLERS ASSOCIATION v. MONTANA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS and MONTANA BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION v. MOUNTAIN WATER COMPANY </b></h3>
In 1973, the Montana Legislature instituted the current water rights system by <br> adopting the Montana Water Use Act, § 85-1-101, MCA, et seq. The Act sets forth the <br> statutory framework under which water rights are obtained, administered, and <br> adjudicated. Acritical component of the Act is the permit system administered by the <br> DNRC. With certain exceptions, the Act requires tho... More...
$0 (09-22-2016 - MT)<b><h3>STATE OF MONTANA v. THERON JAMES BLAKE</b></h3>
On January 9, 2013, the State of Montana filed an Information charging Blake <br> with eight offenses: seven sex offenses involving three alleged victims—two minors, B.S. <br> and L.L., and one adult, K.L.—and one offense of tampering with evidence. Blake pled <br> not guilty to all eight charges, and a trial was scheduled for June 25, 2013. Less than one <br> week before trial, the State fi... More...
$0 (08-24-2016 - MT)Mike Johnson v. Columbia Falls Aluminum, L.L.C.
¶ 1 Pursuant to Section I, Paragraph 3(d)(v), Montana Supreme Court 1996 Internal Operating Rules, as amended in 2003, the following memorandum decision shall not becited as precedent. It shall be filed as a public document with the Clerk of the Supreme Court and its case title, Supreme Court cause number and disposition shall be included in this Court's quarterly list of noncitable cases publish... More...
$0 (03-21-2009 - MT)STATE OF MONTANA v. TIMOTHY CHEETHAM SR.
In January 2014, the State charged Cheetham with the following felony offenses: <br> sexual intercourse without consent in violation of § 45-5-503, MCA; sexual assault in <br> violation of § 45-5-502, MCA; and sexual abuse of children in violation of § 45-5-625, <br> MCA. The offenses were alleged to have occurred in 2004 when Cheetham—who was <br> thirty-two years old at the time1—and t... More...
$0 (06-22-2016 - MT)United States of America v. Kyle Robert Wick
Missoula, MT - Stevensville Man Convicted of Manufacturing and Dealing Firearms Without a License<br> <br> Following a three day federal trial, a Montana jury found Kyle Robert Wick, 31, of Stevensville, guilty of manufacturing and dealing in firearms without a license. The charges stemmed from Wick’s advertisement and sale of “Uzi parts kits” on a gun sale website. <br> <br> Wick was orig... More...
$0 (04-01-2016 - MT)Montana Cannabis et al. v. State Of Montana
This is the State’s second appeal from the First Judicial District Court’s <br> injunctions preventing implementation of certain provisions of the Act. Montana <br> Cannabis Industry Association v. State, 2012 MT 201, 366 Mont. 224, 286 P.3d 1161 <br> (hereafter MCIA I). The Act repealed the 2004 Medical Marijuana Act (2004 Act)—<br> which was established by voter initiative (I-148)—and ... More...
$0 (03-21-2016 - MT)MONTANA CANNABIS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION v. STATE OF MONTANA
This is the State’s second appeal from the First Judicial District Court’s <br> injunctions preventing implementation of certain provisions of the Act. Montana <br> Cannabis Industry Association v. State, 2012 MT 201, 366 Mont. 224, 286 P.3d 1161 <br> (hereafter MCIA I). The Act repealed the 2004 Medical Marijuana Act (2004 Act)—<br> which was established by voter initiative (I-148)—and ... More...
$0 (02-28-2016 - MT)INTERSTATE EXPLORATIONS v. MORGEN FARM AND RANCH, INC
Morgen leased oil and gas rights on a portion of its property to Montana Oil <br> Properties, Inc. Morgen owns the surface rights to the property. Montana Oil Properties <br> later assigned its interest in the lease to Interstate, who drilled and completed a well on <br> the Morgen property. <br> ¶4 In July 2014, Interstate initiated this lawsuit, alleging that Morgen “has refused to <br> e... More...
$0 (02-02-2016 - MT)STATE OF MONTANA v. CYNTHIA MAE HENDERSON
From August 2000 through January 8, 2008, Fire Insurance Exchange (FIE) <br> insured Henderson’s home in Clancy, Montana, against various perils including theft and <br> vandalism. In 2005, Henderson moved from the home and relocated out of state. She <br> left many personal items behind in the home. On May 1, 2007, Henderson contacted FIE <br> to initiate a claim under her homeowner’s pol... More...
$0 (02-02-2016 - MT)State Of Montana v. Henderson
From August 2000 through January 8, 2008, Fire Insurance Exchange (FIE) <br> insured Henderson’s home in Clancy, Montana, against various perils including theft and <br> vandalism. In 2005, Henderson moved from the home and relocated out of state. She <br> left many personal items behind in the home. On May 1, 2007, Henderson contacted FIE <br> to initiate a claim under her homeowner’s poli... More...
$0 (02-01-2016 - MT)State Of Montana v. Laurence Stewart II
On the morning of November 1, 2012, Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Joe <br> DeJong stopped Stewart for speeding on Highway 87 outside Stanford, Montana. <br> Stewart handed his driver’s license to Trooper DeJong, who took the license to his patrol <br> car. Trooper DeJong learned from dispatch that Virginia law enforcement wanted to <br> speak with Stewart in relation to an investigation in V... More...
$0 (01-05-2016 - 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)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...
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