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MT Judicial Branch

Montana Judicial Branch

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Montana’s court system is generally comprised of Courts of Limited Jurisdiction (Justice, City and Municipal), State District Courts, and the state’s highest court, the Montana Supreme Court.

Courts dealing with specific issues are called specialty courts and include Youth Courts, Drug Courts, Water Court and Workers’ Compensation Court.

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Montana Supreme Court To Rule On Legislative Subpoena Powers
MT Public Radio, Shaylee Ragar – June 29, 2021

The Montana Supreme Court announced on Tuesday it will issue a final ruling on the Legislature’s subpoenas, rejecting GOP lawmakers’ request to dismiss the case.

The state high court is moving forward with the case because justices say the dispute over Legislative powers is a relevant issue likely to come up again.

The legal battle was prompted by GOP lawmakers who filed subpoenas for the state’s Supreme Court justices and court administrator to obtain internal communications in an unprecedented investigation into allegations of bias and misconduct among the judicial branch. Court officials reject those allegations.

Lawmakers last week withdrew their subpoenas and asked the court to dismiss the case.

However, Court Administrator Beth McLaughlin opposed that move and asked for a final ruling to determine the scope of the Legislature’s subpoena power. The court agreed.

Republican Sen. Greg Hertz says the Supreme Court has a conflict of interest in ruling on the subpoenas and is “once again abandoning normal procedure” by ruling on a withdrawn request.

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    Courts of Montana refers to courts of law in the U.S. state of Montana. They include:

    State courts of Montana

    Federal courts located in Montana


    References

    1. ^ "Montana Supreme Court". Montanacourts.org. Archived from the original on May 9, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2008.
    2. ^ "MT – District Court". Montanacourts.org. Archived from the original on June 21, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2008.
    3. ^ a b c "Montana Supreme Court". State of Montana. Archived from the original on August 5, 2010. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
    4. ^ a b c Montana Courts of Limited Jurisdiction Archived 2008-12-25 at the Wayback Machine.
    5. ^ "Youth Court". Judicial Branch. State of Montana. 2017. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
    6. ^ Larson, Seaborn (November 28, 2017). "Montana Asbestos Court created to take on hundreds of unresolved cases". Great Falls Tribune. Archived from the original on April 10, 2018. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
    7. ^ "Home". mtd.uscourts.gov.
    8. ^ "Home". mtb.uscourts.gov.
    source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courts_of_Montana
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