Billings v. Billings Gazette

DA 19-0235 ·Direct Appeal ·Civil ·Closed
Docket DA 19-0235
Type Direct Appeal — Constitutional Challenge
Classification Civil
Outcome Affirmed
Lower court case DV 18-0556
Lower court judge Hon. Donald L. Harris

Key dates

Closed Jan 16, 2020
Classified Dec 11, 2019
Appeal filed Apr 18, 2019
Record filed May 29, 2019
Briefing ended Oct 25, 2019
Opinion issued Dec 31, 2019
Briefing started May 29, 2019
Transcript filed May 10, 2019
Sent to the court Oct 28, 2019
Submitted for decision Oct 28, 2019
Appellant Reply Brief Filed Oct 25, 2019
Appellant Opening Brief Filed Jul 29, 2019
Appellee Response Brief Filed Sep 27, 2019

Calculated

from the docket dates
Appeal filed to briefing start 41
Briefing days 149
Briefing start to opening brief filed 60
Classified to Opinion 20
Close of briefing to sent to court 3
Filing date to Opinion 257
Filing date to closed 273
Opening to response 59
Opinion to closed 15
Response to reply 28
Sent to court to classified 43
Submitted for decision to Opinion 63

Tags

Affirmed Closed Five Justice Panel Published opinion Subject to Mediation

Parties

Appellant
Billings, City of
Represented by Michael J. Lilly
Appellee
Billings Gazette
Represented by Martha Sheehy
Appellee
KTVQ Communications, LLC
Represented by Martha Sheehy

Opinion

Billings v. Billings Gazette, 2019 MT 299

Affirmed on December 31, 2019, in a 5 to 0 published opinion.

Events

most recent first
Event - Case Closed (electronic record) Jan 16, 2020 9:53 AM Closing Notice
Notice - Outgoing - Opinion Release Notice Issued Jan 16, 2020 9:47 AM Notice - Outgoing
Notice - Outgoing - Remittitur Issued Jan 16, 2020 9:46 AM Closing Notice
Notice - Outgoing - CORRECTED OPINION CAPTION Jan 2, 2020 11:10 AM Notice - Outgoing
Opinion - Published - Justice Baker - Affirmed Dec 31, 2019 3:09 PM Opinion
Order - Classified - Five Justice Panel Dec 11, 2019 10:58 AM Classifying Notice
Event - Case Sent to Court Oct 28, 2019 4:36 PM Classifying Notice
Notice - Outgoing - Brief Filed Oct 28, 2019 4:33 PM Notice - Outgoing
Brief - Appellant Reply Oct 25, 2019 4:04 PM Appellant Reply Brief
Extension - Grant of Extension to 25 Oct 2019 to file reply brief Oct 11, 2019 3:33 PM Extension
Motion - Unopposed - Extension of Time - Appellant's Reply Brief Oct 9, 2019 5:34 PM Motion
Notice - Outgoing - Brief Filed (Appellees) Sep 27, 2019 11:13 AM Notice - Outgoing
Brief - Appellee's Response Sep 27, 2019 8:00 AM Appellee Response Brief
Extension - Grant of Extension - Appellees are given until 9/27/19 to file the response brief Aug 22, 2019 4:36 PM Extension
Motion - Unopposed - Extension of Time - Appellees' Brief (First Request 30 Days) Aug 22, 2019 12:09 PM Motion
Notice - Outgoing - Brief Filed Jul 29, 2019 4:20 PM Notice - Outgoing
Brief - Appellant's Opening Jul 29, 2019 10:36 AM Appellant Opening Brief
Extension - Appellant is granted an extension, to and including July 29, 2019, within which to file its opening Appellant's Brief Jun 28, 2019 8:17 AM Extension
Motion - Unopposed - Extension of Time - Appellant's Brief (First Request 30 Days) Jun 27, 2019 10:30 AM Motion
Mediation - Mediator's Report - Case Not Settled Jun 5, 2019 10:21 AM Mediation
Notice - Outgoing - District Court Record Filed May 29, 2019 3:27 PM Record
Record - DC Record Filed - electronically transmitted documents 1-66 from DV 18-556; documents 1-67 in DV 18-557; and documents 1-66 from DV 18-558 May 29, 2019 3:02 PM Record
Notice - Outgoing - Transcript Filed May 10, 2019 11:28 AM Transcript
Electronic Transcripts Filed of April 27. 2018 and May 14, 2018 hearings May 10, 2019 9:43 AM Other
Mediation - Order Appointing Mediator - Charles R. Cashmore May 9, 2019 9:19 AM Mediation
Notice - Outgoing - Transcript Filed May 1, 2019 11:12 AM Transcript
Electronic Transcript Filed of November 9, 2018 hearing May 1, 2019 8:45 AM Other
Notice - Outgoing - Appeal Notice Apr 18, 2019 2:08 PM Notice - Outgoing
Mediation - Case Subject to Mediation Apr 18, 2019 1:46 PM Mediation
Notice - Incoming - Notice of Appeal Filed Apr 18, 2019 12:39 PM Notice - Incoming
Fees - Filing Fee Paid (E-Filing) Apr 18, 2019 12:39 PM Fees