HOUSING REFORM legislation rulings affirmed, reversed… Salvagni affirmed, reversed. [Read more…]
Tax deed, personal check received day after deadline
TAX DEED: Delinquent property owner’s personal check received by the Treasurer 1 day after the deadline substantially complied with redemption statutes… Harada reversed. [Read more…]
Preliminary injunction, affordable housing legislation
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION improvidently granted against affordable housing legislation… Salvagni reversed. [Read more…]
Class settlement, 25% fees of $9 million settlement
CLASS SETTLEMENT: $9 million, failure of 3 Rivers to retire capital credits to Browning Exchange members upon sale in 12/20… 1,863 class members, 25% attorney fees. [Read more…]
Property settlement, specific performance
PROPERTY SETTLEMENT properly enforced by specific performance and equitable conversion after house burned prior to closing which had been delayed as tactic to force sale for less than appraisal… Davies affirmed. [Read more…]
Restrictive covenants, barriers to building
RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS: Myriad claims stemming from challenge to barriers to building in subdivision properly dismissed… DeSoto/Morris affirmed (memorandum). [Read more…]
Elections, HB 176, SB 169 injunction stay on appeal
ELECTIONS: SOS’s request to stay preliminary injunction prohibiting enforcement of HB 176 and SB 169(2) granted… Moses reversed… order. [Read more…]
Choice of law, death of Montanan in ND oil field
CHOICE OF LAW: Montana law properly held to govern claims involving death of Montanan in ND oil field, federal decisions distinguishable… Rieger affirmed. [Read more…]
Insurance bad faith, supervisory control of dismissal
INSURANCE BAD FAITH: Supervisory control denied as to Deschamps’s summary dismissal of bad-faith claims… order. [Read more…]
Jurisdiction, Oklahoma corporation, ND oil well death
JURISDICTION: Whether Oklahoma corporation is subject to Montana specific jurisdiction in suit stemming from ND oil well death of Montanan depends on whether Plaintiff can prove at trial liability for torts of independent contractors… Rieger reversed. [Read more…]