SENTENCING: Discretionary curfew proper for adult drug dealer… Watters affirmed (IOR I-3(d)(v)). [Read more…]
The Weekly Digest of Montana Law
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SENTENCING: Discretionary curfew proper for adult drug dealer… Watters affirmed (IOR I-3(d)(v)). [Read more…]
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COMPETENCY: Pretrial competency determination by Haddon not a final order, collateral order doctrine not applicable, order not appealable. [Read more…]
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MURDER DISMISSAL: Triple murder charges dismissed without prejudice due to death of key witness and lack of credibility of another and new evidence undermining proof that Defendant was in vicinity… Molloy. [Read more…]
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Use of purported vacation home for tax purposes part of usual course of business, Claimant’s carpentry work not “casual employment,” not exempt from comp… UEF liable for [Read more…]
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CREDIT LINE: Contract existed, manager ratified by buying on credit and paying bills, meeting of minds as to seller-inserted $2,500 credit limit… unlimited credit not denoted by “?” in agreement, but existed by buyer charging and seller allowing [Read more…]
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CORPORATE STOCK: Agreement erroneously declared to be pledge of farm shares to secure a loan, transfer to neighbor improperly invalidated for lack of consideration… 225 shares improperly canceled… punitives based on fraud not properly [Read more…]
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TAXES: DOR has authority to adopt increment financing rules… Day reversed. [Read more…]
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OIL/GAS: 12.5% ownership interest in lease properly awarded non-party… rehearing denied… order. [Read more…]
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PRIVACY: Requiring last 4 digits of SSN on conservation license application rationally related to State’s interests in federal child support enforcement funding… “conservation” license is [Read more…]