Statistics for 2010

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Opinions issued
291
Cases opened
654
Cases closed
629
Net change
+25
docket growing
Median days on appeal
245
filing to opinion
Median, submission to opinion
63
submitted to opinion

Dispositions

appeals decided by opinion in 2010
Affirmed 226 73.6%
Reversed 54 17.6%
Affirmed in part, reversed in part 16 5.2%
Petition for writ of supervisory control - other with opinion 3 1%
Opinion issued in an original proceeding 3 1%
Not recorded 2 0.7%
Opinion issued dismissing the appeal 1 0.3%
Opinion issued in a Professional Regulation 1 0.3%
Opinion issued in an unknown original proceeding 1 0.3%

Appeals by judicial district

where the case came from, and how it came out
Appealed fromOpinionsAffirmedReversedAffirmed in part
Eighth 40 32 · 80% 7 · 17.5% 1 · 2.5%
Fourth 37 31 · 83.8% 3 · 8.1% 2 · 5.4%
First 32 22 · 68.8% 8 · 25% 1 · 3.1%
Eighteenth 30 23 · 76.7% 5 · 16.7% 1 · 3.3%
Thirteenth 28 18 · 64.3% 5 · 17.9% 5 · 17.9%
Twentieth 21 16 · 76.2% 3 · 14.3% 2 · 9.5%
Eleventh 18 12 · 66.7% 4 · 22.2% 2 · 11.1%
Twenty-first 17 16 · 94.1% 1 · 5.9% 0 · 0%
Nineteenth 10 9 · 90% 1 · 10% 0 · 0%
Third 9 6 · 66.7% 2 · 22.2% 1 · 11.1%
Second 8 6 · 75% 1 · 12.5% 1 · 12.5%
Twenty-second 8 7 · 87.5% 1 · 12.5% 0 · 0%
Fifth 7 5 · 71.4% 2 · 28.6% 0 · 0%
Tenth 7 4 · 57.1% 3 · 42.9% 0 · 0%
Sixth 6 6 · 100% 0 · 0% 0 · 0%
Twelfth 5 1 · 20% 4 · 80% 0 · 0%
Ninth 5 5 · 100% 0 · 0% 0 · 0%
Sixteenth 5 3 · 60% 2 · 40% 0 · 0%
Workers Compensation Court 3 2 · 66.7% 1 · 33.3% 0 · 0%
Seventh 2 1 · 50% 1 · 50% 0 · 0%
Fourteenth 1 1 · 100% 0 · 0% 0 · 0%

Subject and posture

how the year’s opinions divide
OpinionsFiling → opinionSubmitted → opinionFastest and slowest Affirmed Reversed Other
All opinions 307 282d 81d 19d — Montana Consumer Finance v. State, et al 1231d — Commission on Unauthorized Practice
Five-justice panel 283 276d 77d 19d — Montana Consumer Finance v. State, et al 1231d — Commission on Unauthorized Practice
En banc 19 338d 120d 155d — Cooper v. Glaser 617d — State v. Dallas Reichmand
Oral argument 22 404d 186d 117d — Jerel Driver, et al. v. Sentence Review Division 657d — State v. David Gunderson
Criminal 108 326d 86d 154d — Laboucane v. State 657d — State v. David Gunderson
Five-justice panel 99 317d 81d 154d — Laboucane v. State 657d — State v. David Gunderson
En banc 8 422d 135d 247d — State v. Roxanna Shepard 617d — State v. Dallas Reichmand
Oral argument 7 471d 176d 253d — State v. Haagenson 657d — State v. David Gunderson
Civil 199 257d 79d 19d — Montana Consumer Finance v. State, et al 1231d — Commission on Unauthorized Practice
Five-justice panel 184 254d 75d 19d — Montana Consumer Finance v. State, et al 1231d — Commission on Unauthorized Practice
En banc 11 277d 109d 155d — Cooper v. Glaser 419d — BNSF Railway Co. v. State, ex rel., Dept. of Environmental Quality, Et Al
Oral argument 15 372d 191d 117d — Jerel Driver, et al. v. Sentence Review Division 539d — W. Security v. Bailly

Opinions issued in 2010

291 opinions
AU majority CO concurrence DI dissent filled wrote it · outlined joined it
W. Security v. Bailly 2010 MT 291 DA 09-0404 · Dec 30, 2010 · Affirmed in part, reversed in part BM MG WL PC MW JR JN
BNSF v. Cringle 2010 MT 290 DA 10-0161 · Dec 30, 2010 · Reversed BM MG WL JN JR
Shelly Weidow v. Uninsured Employers' Fund v. Bradley Howard 2010 MT 292 DA 10-0084 · Dec 30, 2010 · Affirmed BM PC MW JN JR
State v. Robert Lambert 2010 MT 287 DA 10-0228 · Dec 30, 2010 · Affirmed JR JN MW PC BM
Cozino v. Jones 2010 MT 289N DA 10-0290 · Dec 30, 2010 · Affirmed MG BM MW JN JR
State v. Timothy Johnson 2010 MT 288 DA 10-0194 · Dec 30, 2010 · Affirmed in part, reversed in part MW MG JN PC BM
Marriage of Myrland 2010 MT 286 DA 09-0506 · Dec 30, 2010 · Affirmed in part, reversed in part WL BM JR PC JN
Matter of Leroy Not Afraid 2010 MT 285 PR 09-0639 · Dec 30, 2010 · Unknown opinion JR WL PC MW BM JN
Ehrman v. Kaufman Vidal 2010 MT 284 DA 10-0174 · Dec 30, 2010 · Reversed MW MG JN WL BM JR PC
Peggy Stevens v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals 2010 MT 282 DA 10-0029 · Dec 30, 2010 · Affirmed in part, reversed in part WL MG JN PC MW BM JR
Keller v. Liberty Nw 2010 MT 279 DA 10-0125 · Dec 28, 2010 · Reversed WL MG JR PC JN
Matter of Estate of Burrell 2010 MT 280 DA 10-0224 · Dec 28, 2010 · Reversed MG PC MW JN JR
Foston v. State 2010 MT 281 DA 10-0272 · Dec 28, 2010 · Affirmed BM MG MW PC JN
Colton Wilson v. State 2010 MT 278 DA 10-0237 · Dec 22, 2010 · Affirmed BM MG PC JR JN
Matter of M.C.B 2010 MT 277N DA 10-0274 · Dec 21, 2010 · Affirmed MW PC BM JR JN