StateNinth Circuit
Montana
8 courts1 law school3 law libraries69+ judges6,739 opinions mention this place
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Federal courts in Montana
- Montana District CourtDistrict Court · Great Falls
- Montana District CourtDistrict Court · Helena
- Montana District CourtDistrict Court · Butte
- Montana District CourtDistrict Court · Missoula
- Montana District CourtDistrict Court · Billings
- Montana Bankruptcy CourtBankruptcy Court · Butte
State courts in Montana
- Montana Supreme CourtState Supreme Court
- Montana Tax Appeal BoardState Special Court
Landmark decisions involving Montana
- Roper v. Simmons (2005)543 U.S. 551
- Gratz v. Bollinger (2003)539 U.S. 244
- McConnell v. Federal Election Commission (2003)540 U.S. 93overruled
- Grutter v. Bollinger (2003)539 U.S. 306
- Harris v. United States (2002)536 U.S. 545overruled
- Ring v. Arizona (2002)536 U.S. 584
- Stenberg v. Carhart (2000)530 U.S. 914
- Hudson v. United States (1997)522 U.S. 93
- Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida (1996)517 U.S. 44
- United States v. Gaudin (1995)515 U.S. 506
- Quill Corp. v. North Dakota (1992)504 U.S. 298overruled
- Payne v. Tennessee (1991)501 U.S. 808
- Teague v. Lane (1989)489 U.S. 288overruled
- Bowers v. Hardwick (1986)478 U.S. 186overruled
- Limbach v. Hooven & Allison Co. (1984)466 U.S. 353
- National League of Cities v. Usery (1976)426 U.S. 833overruled
- Roe v. Wade (1973)410 U.S. 113overruled
- Furman v. Georgia (1972)408 U.S. 238
- Ashe v. Swenson (1970)397 U.S. 436
- Witherspoon v. Illinois (1968)391 U.S. 510
- Loving v. Virginia (1967)388 U.S. 1
- South Carolina v. Katzenbach (1966)383 U.S. 301
- Wesberry v. Sanders (1964)376 U.S. 1
- Kesler v. Department of Public Safety (1962)369 U.S. 153overruled
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Recent opinions from Montana courts
- 2026 MT 47K. Briggs v. State (2026)
- 2026 MT 51State v. C. Roope (2026)
- 2026 MT 25State v. Lally (2026)
- 2026 MT 36State v. Bunse (2026)
- 2026 MT 8TCLSC v. Lincoln Cty. (2026)
- 2026 MT 14State v. L. Harris (2026)
- 2026 MT 26Difolco v. MT State Hospital (2026)
- 2026 MT 19Collins v. WHA (2026)
- 2026 MT 46State v. J. Stinger (2026)
- 2026 MT 59State v. Trombley (2026)
- 2026 MT 5S. Ellison v. State (2026)
- 2026 MT 48Marriage of: Murphy (2026)
Law schools in Montana
Law libraries in Montana
- Montana Legislative Reference Center · Helena
- State Law Library of Montana · Helena
- William J. Jameson Law Library · Missoula
Judges who served in Montana
Federal judges with an appointment to a court located here.
- Albert Anderson
- Albert H. Angstman
- Albert R. Adair
- Benjamin P. Hursh
- Beth Baker
Brian Matthew Morris- Carl Lindquist
Carl L. Rasch
Charles C. Lovell- Charles E. Erdmann
Charles Nelson Pray- Claude F. Morris
Dana Lewis Christensen- Daniel J. Shea
- Diane G. Barz
Donald W. Molloy- Edwin K. Cheadle
- Forrest H. Anderson
- Frank B. Morrison jr
- Frank I. Haswell
- Fred J. Weber
- Fred L. Gibson
- Gene B. Daly
George M. Bourquin- Harrison J. Freebourn
Hiram Knowles- Horace S. Davis
- Howard A. Johnson
- Isaac W. Choate
Jack D. Shanstrom- James C. Nelson
James Franklin Battin
James Harris Baldwin- James Jeremiah Shea
- James Regnier
- James T. Harrison
- Jean A. Turnage
- Jim Rice
- John C. Harrison
- John C. Sheehy
- John L Peterson
- John Warner
- John W. Bonner
- Karla M. Gray
- Laurie McKinnon
- Lee Metcalf
- Leslie C. Gulbrandson
- Mike McGrath
- Mike Wheat
- Patricia O'Brien Cotter
Paul Gerhart Hatfield- Ralph Arnold
- Ralph B Kirscher
- Raymond V. Bottomly sr
- R. C. McDonough
Richard F. Cebull
Robert Lewis Brown Sr.- Russell Evans Smith
Sam E. Haddon- Stanley M. Doyle
Susan Pamela Watters- Terry Trieweiler
- Wesley Castles
William Daniel Murray- William E. Hunt sr
William Henry Hunt
William James Jameson
William Walter Mercer- W. William Leaphart
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Cities in Montana
Ordered by number of opinions mentioning each city.
- Absarokee
- Acton
- Alberton
- Alder
- Alzada
- Anaconda
- Angela
- Antelope
- Arlee
- Ashland
- Augusta
- Avon
- Babb
- Bainville
- Baker
- Ballantine
- Basin
- Bearcreek
- Belfry
- Belgrade
- Belt
- Biddle
- Big Arm
- Big Sandy
- Big Sky
- Big Timber
- Bigfork
- Bighorn
- Billings
- Birney
- Black Eagle
- Bloomfield
- Bonner
- Boulder
- Box Elder
- Boyd
- Boyes
- Bozeman
- Brady
- Bridger
- Broadus
- Broadview
- Brockton
- Brockway
- Browning
- Brusett
- Buffalo
- Busby
- Butte
- Bynum
- Cameron
- Canyon Creek
- Cardwell
- Carter
- Cascade
- Charlo
- Chester
- Chinook
- Choteau
- Circle
- Clancy
- Clinton
- Clyde Park
- Coffee Creek
- Cohagen
- Colstrip
- Columbia Falls
- Columbus
- Condon
- Conner
- Conrad
- Cooke City
- Coram
- Corvallis
- Crow Agency
- Culbertson
- Custer
- Cut Bank
- Dagmar
- Darby
- Dayton
- De Borgia
- Decker
- Deer Lodge
- Dell
- Denton
- Dillon
- Divide
- Dixon
- Dodson
- Drummond
- Dupuyer
- Dutton
- East Glacier Park
- East Helena
- Edgar
- Ekalaka
- Elliston
- Elmo
- Emigrant
- Ennis
- Essex
- Ethridge
- Eureka
- Fairfield
- Fairview
- Fallon
- Fishtail
- Flaxville
- Florence
- Floweree
- Forest Grove
- Forsyth
- Fort Benton
- Fort Harrison
- Fort Peck
- Fort Shaw
- Fortine
- Frazer
- Frenchtown
Opinions mentioning Montana
- 99 F3D 937Cost Management Services, Inc. v. Washington Natural Gas Co.
- 98 F3D 1350Small v. Perrill
- 98 F3D 1028Taylor Equipment, Inc. v. John Deere Co.
- 97 F3D 751Drinkard v. Johnson
- 97 F3D 383Liberty Mutual Insurance v. East Central Oklahoma Electric Cooperative
- 97 F3D 1465United States v. Leopard
- 96 F3D 270United States v. Asher
- 95 F3D 174Reich v. Mashantucket Sand & Gravel
- 95 F3D 1435Dreier v. United States
- 94 F3D 923Allen v. Lloyd's of London
- 94 F3D 1553Kearns v. General Motors Corp.
- 94 F3D 1519United States v. Rogers
- 94 F3D 1489Redwing Carriers, Inc. v. Saraland Apartments
- 93 F3D 890Massachusetts v. United States Department of Transportation
- 92 F3D 81Chertkova v. Connecticut General Life Insurance
- 92 F3D 1510Durkin v. Shea & Gould
- 91 F3D 178National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty v. Kantor
- 90 F3D 351Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe v. United States
- 90 F3D 1217United States v. Lanzotti
- 87 F3D 676United States v. Reyes
- 87 F3D 457Florida League of Professional Lobbyists, Inc. v. Meggs
- 86 F3D 359United States v. Woodrup
- 85 F3D 407Kareem Abdul-Jabbar v. General Motors Corporation Leo Burnett Company, Inc.
- 85 F3D 1440Compassion in Dying v. Washington
- 85 F3D 1381City of Ketchikan v. Cape Fox Corp.
- 84 F3D 765United States v. Morgan
- 84 F3D 834American Deposit Corp. v. Schacht
- 84 F3D 1United States v. Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.
- 82 F3D 286Grimes v. Commissioner
- 82 F3D 1493Seattle School District, No. 1 v. B.S.
- 81 F3D 65United States v. Randy
- 81 F3D 167Estate of Daily v. Lilipuna Associates
- 81 F3D 1235Artway v. Attorney General of New Jersey
- 80 F3D 964United States v. Barber
- 80 F3D 371Clark v. Floyd
- 80 F3D 226Valerio v. Home Insurance
- 80 F3D 1535United States v. Dean
- 80 F3D 1338Gamboa v. Rubin
- 8 F3D 1018Reich v. Tiller Helicopter Services, Inc.
- 79 F3D 942Bland v. Fessler
- 79 F3D 1396United States v. McGuire
- 78 F3D 859Drinker v. Colonial School District
- 78 F3D 710United States v. Stoller
- 77 F3D 1461United States v. Jobe
- 77 F3D 1093Simmons v. O'Brien
- 76 F3D 961Farm Credit Services of Central Arkansas, PCA v. Arkansas
- 76 F3D 287Butte Mining PLC v. Smith
- 75 F3D 784Passamaquoddy Tribe v. Maine
- 75 F3D 382United States v. Smith
- 75 F3D 1391Abdul-Jabbar v. General Motors Corp.