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Archives for 2009

Dam repairs, statute of limitations, experts

February 28, 2009 By lilly

DAM REPAIRS: Summary judgment for engineers proper based on 3-year tort statute (rather than 8-year contract statute)… summary judgment for repair company proper based on lack of causation between alleged grouting failure and leak… experts properly precluded for untimely disclosure… Langton. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Brad Brown, Daniel Israel, Daniel Whyte, Neil Westesen, Ross Miller

Mental commitment, cognitive disorder, alcohol

February 28, 2009 By lilly

MENTAL COMMITMENT: No evidence that cognitive disorder (as opposed to alcoholism or antisocial behavior) caused injury or posed threat… commitment reversed following release… Haynes reversed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: John Paulson, Koan Mercer, William Fulbright

Property taxes, failure to respond to discovery

February 28, 2009 By lilly

PROPERTY TAXES: Appeal to STAB properly dismissed for failure to respond to discovery… inadequate Supreme Court appeal briefing… Watters affirmed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Derek Bell, Peter Stanley

CPA, statute of limitations, certified question

February 28, 2009 By lilly

CPA: Certified questions from Haddon as to CPA statute of limitations accepted… order.

Judge Haddon certified the following: [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Kevin Twidwell, Paul Sandry

Marital, parenting plan, lack of findings

February 28, 2009 By lilly

MARITAL: Lack of findings & conclusions requires remand of parenting plan modification… Phillips reversed.

Lisa and Douglas Banka divorced in 2001 and a parenting plan was [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Jeremy Yellin, Shari Gianarelli

Sentencing, PFO, forgery/embezzlement

February 28, 2009 By lilly

SENTENCING: PFO statute correctly applied to forgery/embezzlement defendant… Dayton affirmed.

Margaret Anderson, a deputy Powell Co. treasurer, confessed to forgery in [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court – Criminal Tagged With: Koan Mercer, Mardell Ployhar

Sentencing, gambling/alcohol/mental conditions

February 28, 2009 By lilly

SENTENCING: Sufficient nexus between embezzlement and gambling restriction, but not alcohol/mental evaluation conditions… Fagg affirmed, reversed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court – Criminal Tagged With: Ann-Marie Simeon, Mark Mattioli

DUI/sentencing, defective brake lights, gambling

February 28, 2009 By lilly

DUI/SENTENCING: Sufficient reason to stop based on no apparent brake lights, even though officer failed to check lights after stop… prior DUI with missing record adequately validated by JP testimony… gambling sentence restriction waived by failure to object… Rice affirmed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court – Criminal Tagged With: Shannon McDonald, Sheri Sprigg

DUI, enhancement

February 28, 2009 By lilly

DUI: Prior DUIs valid, properly used to enhance to felony… Rice affirmed.

Shirlene Walker was charged with felony DUI based on 6 prior DUIs. She [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court – Criminal Tagged With: Gina Bishop, Jeremy Yellin, Mark Fowler

Vehicular assault, right to plead guilty, jeopardy

February 28, 2009 By lilly

VEHICULAR ASSAULT: Any error by City Court denying Defendant statutory right to plead guilty to DUI harmless, Defendant not wrongly deprived of double jeopardy defense to vehicular assault charges in District Court… time served in Idaho on Montana bench warrant should be credited… Krueger affirmed, reversed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court – Criminal Tagged With: Koan Mercer, Stuart Segrest

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