Statistics for 2006
By justice →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
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
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