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Class action, property tax dispute

March 29, 2025 By lilly

CLASS ACTION certification properly granted in property tax dispute… Ruiz affirmed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Kirk Evenson, Lawrence Anderson

Standing, Masonic Temple sale, charter revocation

November 16, 2024 By lilly

STANDING: Dispute over proceeds from sale of Masonic Temple and revocation of charter properly rejected on summary judgment for lack of standing by Lodge member… Wilson affirmed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: David HagEstad, Kirk Evenson, Patrick HagEstad, Shawn Frampton

HRB conciliation, age discrimination, consent lacking

August 31, 2024 By lilly

HRB CONCILIATION: Consent lacking from “agreement in principle” that set payment for age discrimination but lacked affirmative relief provisions… Seeley affirmed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Amber Henning, Kirk Evenson, Nicholas LeTang

Association standing, disputed sale of Masonic Temple

June 3, 2023 By lilly

ASSOCIATION STANDING: Dispute over proceeds from sale of Masonic Temple resolved on summary judgment in favor of Grand Lodge and against constituent lodge and former Grand Master for lack of standing… Wilson. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, State Trial Courts Tagged With: David HagEstad, Kirk Evenson, Patrick HagEstad, Shawn Frampton

$105,000 verdict, “taking” of fields by stormwater runoff

May 6, 2023 By lilly

VERDICT: $105,000, inverse condemnation, 35 acres of Plaintiff’s fields “taken” from farm entity by City by subdivision stormwater runoff at stipulated $3,000/acre. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, State Trial Courts Tagged With: James Zadick, Kevin Meek, Kirk Evenson, William Levine

Contract, farm corporation share purchase agreement

December 24, 2022 By lilly

CONTRACT: 1978 family farm corporation share purchase agreement did not constitute novation of 1973 agreement, corporation properly entitled to purchase shareholder’s shares for price designated by directors in 2017 pursuant to 1973 agreement… Oldenburg affirmed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Brian Lee, Caydon Keller, Gary Bjelland, Heather Starnes, Kirk Evenson, Thane Johnson

Construction lien, truss supplier, implied findings

March 12, 2022 By lilly

CONSTRUCTION LIEN: Findings & conclusions sufficient to allow informed review of and upholding bench judgment awarding $32,662 for unpaid installment under PO and $39,113.23 fees to truss supplier against apartment building contractor and implicit rejection of contractor’s counterclaim… Parker affirmed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Kirk Evenson, Maxon Davis

Construction lien, truss supplier, implied findings

March 5, 2022 By lilly

CONSTRUCTION LIEN: Findings & conclusions sufficient to allow informed review of and upholding bench judgment awarding $32,662 for unpaid installment under PO and $39,113.23 fees to truss supplier against apartment building contractor and implicit rejection of contractor’s counterclaim… Parker affirmed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Kirk Evenson, Maxon Davis

Single Audit Act, State liability, claims against Browning

September 5, 2020 By lilly

SINGLE AUDIT ACT: Plaintiffs alleging Browning mismanagement precluded from suing State for failure to enforce SAA, State cannot be held liable for debts or liabilities attributable to a local government… Reynolds. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, State Trial Courts Tagged With: Derek Kline, Gary Zadick, James Zadick, Kirk Evenson, Lawrence Anderson, Nicole Morton, Robert Denning, Thane Johnson

Receivership pendente lite, Glacier Co. “mismanagement”

August 22, 2020 By lilly

RECEIVERSHIP PENDENTE LITE improperly appointed in challenge to Glacier Co. Commissioners’ and Treasurer’s alleged mismanagement… Pinski reversed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Past Issues, Supreme Court - Civil Tagged With: Kirk Evenson, Lawrence Anderson

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