Statistics for 2006

By justice →
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Opinions issued
42
Cases opened
845
Cases closed
541
Net change
+304
docket growing
Median days on appeal
431
filing to opinion
Median, submission to opinion
201
submitted to opinion

Dispositions

appeals decided by opinion in 2006
Closed - Outcome unknown (closed without outcome) 169 75.8%
Affirmed 39 17.5%
Dismissed - Other 6 2.7%
Reversed 4 1.8%
Opinion issued in a DA case, outcome unknown 2 0.9%
Opinion issued answering a certified question, outcome unknown 1 0.4%
Opinion issued granting a writ of supervisory control 1 0.4%
Opinion issued dismissing the appeal 1 0.4%

Appeals by judicial district

where the case came from, and how it came out
Appealed fromOpinionsAffirmedReversedAffirmed in part
Thirteenth 32 3 · 9.4% 0 · 0% 0 · 0%
First 30 9 · 30% 1 · 3.3% 0 · 0%
Eighth 24 5 · 20.8% 0 · 0% 0 · 0%
Fourth 21 1 · 4.8% 2 · 9.5% 0 · 0%
Twenty-first 18 4 · 22.2% 0 · 0% 0 · 0%
Eighteenth 18 2 · 11.1% 1 · 5.6% 0 · 0%
Twentieth 16 1 · 6.3% 0 · 0% 0 · 0%
Eleventh 15 5 · 33.3% 0 · 0% 0 · 0%
Ninth 9 3 · 33.3% 0 · 0% 0 · 0%
Twelfth 6 2 · 33.3% 0 · 0% 0 · 0%
Third 5 2 · 40% 0 · 0% 0 · 0%
Nineteenth 4 1 · 25% 0 · 0% 0 · 0%
Second 4 1 · 25% 0 · 0% 0 · 0%
Tenth 4 0 · 0% 0 · 0% 0 · 0%
Seventeenth 3 0 · 0% 0 · 0% 0 · 0%
Sixteenth 3 0 · 0% 0 · 0% 0 · 0%
Sixth 2 0 · 0% 0 · 0% 0 · 0%
Twenty-second 2 0 · 0% 0 · 0% 0 · 0%
U.S. Bankruptcy Court-Montana 1 0 · 0% 0 · 0% 0 · 0%
Fifteenth 1 0 · 0% 0 · 0% 0 · 0%
Fifth 1 0 · 0% 0 · 0% 0 · 0%
Seventh 1 0 · 0% 0 · 0% 0 · 0%

Subject and posture

how the year’s opinions divide
OpinionsFiling → opinionSubmitted → opinionFastest and slowest Affirmed Reversed Other
All opinions 223 436d 220d 34d — Citizens Right to Recall, et al., v. State 923d — Beehive Homes v. Harding
Five-justice panel 185 429d 211d 35d — Not in Montana v. State and Stop Over Spending 899d — State v. Errol Mann
En banc 35 461d 256d 34d — Citizens Right to Recall, et al., v. State 923d — Beehive Homes v. Harding
Oral argument 7 592d 342d 489d — Trout Unlimited v. DNRC 761d — Matter of R.E.A
Criminal 82 492d 237d 84d — State v. Roger Dillard 899d — State v. Errol Mann
Five-justice panel 70 478d 221d 84d — State v. Roger Dillard 899d — State v. Errol Mann
En banc 11 572d 324d 309d — State v. Frickey 851d — State v. Michael H. Ditton
Oral argument 1 601d 404d 601d — State v. Gregory M. Mizenko
Civil 141 403d 211d 34d — Citizens Right to Recall, et al., v. State 923d — Beehive Homes v. Harding
Five-justice panel 115 399d 205d 35d — Not in Montana v. State and Stop Over Spending 803d — Billings v. Owen
En banc 24 409d 225d 34d — Citizens Right to Recall, et al., v. State 923d — Beehive Homes v. Harding
Oral argument 6 591d 332d 489d — Trout Unlimited v. DNRC 761d — Matter of R.E.A

Opinions issued in 2006

42 opinions
AU majority CO concurrence DI dissent filled wrote it · outlined joined it
State v. Seth Lindgren 2006 MT 349N DA 06-0098 · Dec 27, 2006 · Affirmed KG BM WL PC JN
Hawkins, Enfinger, Hall v. Rick Day 2006 MT 351N DA 06-0272 · Dec 27, 2006 · Affirmed JR PC WL JW BM
Nesselrode v. Provident Financial 2006 MT 350N DA 06-0093 · Dec 27, 2006 · Affirmed KG BM JW JR WL
Williams v. Williams 2006 MT 345N DA 06-0114 · Dec 27, 2006 · Affirmed PC JN BM JW JR
Matter of T.F., T.M., M.F., and B.M 2006 MT 343N DA 06-0489 · Dec 21, 2006 · Affirmed WL KG JW PC BM
Ekalaka Board of Trustees v. Teachers' Assn 2006 MT 337 DA 06-0171 · Dec 19, 2006 · Affirmed BM KG JW JN JR
Michelsen v. Seim 2006 MT 335N DA 06-0044 · Dec 19, 2006 · Affirmed JR KG JN PC BM
State v. Michael M. Armstrong 2006 MT 334 DA 06-0029 · Dec 15, 2006 · Reversed KG WL PC JW JR
Vaughn v. Gallatin County Public Defender's Office 2006 MT 327N DA 06-0079 · Dec 12, 2006 · Affirmed JN KG WL JW BM
Matter of Mental Health of M.B 2006 MT 325N DA 06-0022 · Dec 12, 2006 · Affirmed JN KG PC JW BM
Redwoman v. Day, et al 2006 MT 321N DA 06-0150 · Dec 7, 2006 · Affirmed JR KG WL PC BM
Slauson v. Bertelsen 2006 MT 314 DA 06-0018 · Dec 5, 2006 · Affirmed WL KG JN JR PC
Snyder v. Love 2006 MT 317 DA 06-0063 · Dec 5, 2006 · Affirmed JN KG WL JW JR
State v. Kristopher M. Joslin 2006 MT 316N DA 06-0101 · Dec 5, 2006 · Affirmed WL KG JR BM PC
Parrish v. State 2006 MT 315N DA 06-0166 · Dec 5, 2006 · Affirmed KG JN PC JR BM