Statistics for 2011
By justice →Opinions issued
328
Cases opened
782
Cases closed
731
Net change
+51
docket growing
Median days on appeal
252
filing to opinion
Median, submission to opinion
77
submitted to opinion
Dispositions
appeals decided by opinion in 2011
Affirmed
242
69.7%
Reversed
66
19%
Affirmed in part, reversed in part
28
8.1%
Opinion issued in a DA case, outcome unknown
3
0.9%
Opinion issued answering a certified question, outcome unknown
3
0.9%
Opinion issued dismissing the appeal
2
0.6%
Petition for writ of supervisory control - other with opinion
1
0.3%
Opinion issued granting a writ of supervisory control
1
0.3%
Opinion issued in an original proceeding
1
0.3%
Appeals by judicial district
where the case came from, and how it came out
Appealed fromOpinionsAffirmedReversedAffirmed in part
First
43
30 · 69.8%
8 · 18.6%
5 · 11.6%
Fourth
42
32 · 76.2%
6 · 14.3%
4 · 9.5%
Thirteenth
39
25 · 64.1%
10 · 25.6%
3 · 7.7%
Eighth
30
26 · 86.7%
3 · 10%
0 · 0%
Eleventh
28
20 · 71.4%
5 · 17.9%
2 · 7.1%
Eighteenth
22
16 · 72.7%
6 · 27.3%
0 · 0%
Twenty-first
17
13 · 76.5%
2 · 11.8%
2 · 11.8%
Twentieth
16
12 · 75%
2 · 12.5%
2 · 12.5%
Sixteenth
14
10 · 71.4%
3 · 21.4%
0 · 0%
Fifth
12
5 · 41.7%
4 · 33.3%
2 · 16.7%
Ninth
11
8 · 72.7%
3 · 27.3%
0 · 0%
Twelfth
9
7 · 77.8%
1 · 11.1%
1 · 11.1%
Twenty-second
8
5 · 62.5%
1 · 12.5%
1 · 12.5%
Seventh
8
6 · 75%
1 · 12.5%
1 · 12.5%
Tenth
7
3 · 42.9%
3 · 42.9%
1 · 14.3%
Sixth
7
3 · 42.9%
3 · 42.9%
1 · 14.3%
Fifteenth
6
4 · 66.7%
0 · 0%
2 · 33.3%
Nineteenth
6
4 · 66.7%
1 · 16.7%
1 · 16.7%
Fourteenth
6
3 · 50%
3 · 50%
0 · 0%
Workers Compensation Court
4
4 · 100%
0 · 0%
0 · 0%
Third
3
2 · 66.7%
0 · 0%
0 · 0%
Second
3
3 · 100%
0 · 0%
0 · 0%
Seventeenth
1
1 · 100%
0 · 0%
0 · 0%
U.S. Supreme Court
1
0 · 0%
0 · 0%
0 · 0%
Montana Water Court
1
0 · 0%
1 · 100%
0 · 0%
U.S. Court of Appeals-Ninth Circuit
1
0 · 0%
0 · 0%
0 · 0%
U.S. Bankruptcy Court-Montana
1
0 · 0%
0 · 0%
0 · 0%
Subject and posture
how the year’s opinions divide
OpinionsFiling → opinionSubmitted → opinionFastest and slowest
Affirmed
Reversed
Other
Opinions issued in 2011
328 opinions
AU
majority
CO
concurrence
DI
dissent
filled wrote it · outlined joined it
In re. Vistation of Linda Larsen
2011 MT 329
DA 11-0270
· Dec 30, 2011 · Opinion issued dismissing the appeal
MG
JN
BB
PC
BM
Lewistown Miller Construction v. Martin
2011 MT 325
DA 11-0151
· Dec 30, 2011 · Affirmed in part, reversed in part
JR
JN
PC
MW
BM
State v. Redfern
2011 MT 326N
DA 11-0273
· Dec 30, 2011 · Reversed
JR
MG
PC
MW
BM
Davenport v. Odlin
2011 MT 327N
DA 11-0286
· Dec 30, 2011 · Affirmed
MW
MG
BM
JN
BB
H. Robert Warren, et al. v. Campbell Farming, et al
2011 MT 324
OP 10-0493
· Dec 30, 2011 · Unknown opinion
JR
MG
PC
JN
BB
MW
BM
Western Tradition v. Attorney General
2011 MT 328
DA 11-0081
· Dec 30, 2011 · Opinion issued in a DA case, outcome unknown
MG
BM
PC
MW
JR
BB
JN
State v. Bryan Lemay
2011 MT 323
DA 10-0535
· Dec 22, 2011 · Affirmed
JN
MG
PC
BB
BM
MW
JR
Diaz v. Bcbs
2011 MT 322
DA 09-0682
· Dec 21, 2011 · Affirmed in part, reversed in part
MW
MG
JN
PC
BM
BB
JR
Fronk v. Collins
2011 MT 315
DA 11-0290
· Dec 20, 2011 · Affirmed
JR
MG
BB
PC
MW
Marriage of Albrecht
2011 MT 316
DA 11-0323
· Dec 20, 2011 · Reversed
PC
JN
BB
BM
JR
Forbes v. City of Gt. Falls & Nw Energy
2011 MT 317N
DA 11-0402
· Dec 20, 2011 · Affirmed
MG
JN
PC
MW
BM
Matter of M.A.S
2011 MT 313
DA 11-0231
· Dec 20, 2011 · Reversed
BB
MG
BM
MW
PC
JR
JN
State v. Updegraff
2011 MT 321
DA 10-0613
· Dec 20, 2011 · Affirmed
JN
MG
PC
BB
JR
MW
BM
In the matter of J.P.M
2011 MT 318N
DA 11-0409
· Dec 20, 2011 · Affirmed
BM
MG
PC
BB
JN
Adoption of D.H
2011 MT 319N
DA 11-0424
· Dec 20, 2011 · Affirmed
BM
BB
PC
MW
JN