Statistics for 2014
By justice →Opinions issued
346
Cases opened
826
Cases closed
771
Net change
+55
docket growing
Median days on appeal
295
filing to opinion
Median, submission to opinion
78
submitted to opinion
Dispositions
appeals decided by opinion in 2014
Affirmed
253
69.9%
Reversed
64
17.7%
Affirmed in part, reversed in part
35
9.7%
Opinion issued in an election original proceeding
3
0.8%
Opinion issued in a Professional Regulation
2
0.6%
Petition for writ of supervisory control - other with opinion
2
0.6%
Opinion issued answering a certified question, 'no'
1
0.3%
Opinion issued answering a certified question, outcome unknown
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
Fourth
55
42 · 76.4%
9 · 16.4%
4 · 7.3%
Eleventh
46
33 · 71.7%
11 · 23.9%
2 · 4.3%
Thirteenth
38
27 · 71.1%
6 · 15.8%
5 · 13.2%
First
36
25 · 69.4%
6 · 16.7%
5 · 13.9%
Eighteenth
23
19 · 82.6%
1 · 4.3%
3 · 13%
Eighth
23
19 · 82.6%
2 · 8.7%
2 · 8.7%
Second
15
8 · 53.3%
5 · 33.3%
2 · 13.3%
Nineteenth
13
9 · 69.2%
3 · 23.1%
1 · 7.7%
Fifth
12
6 · 50%
3 · 25%
3 · 25%
Twenty-second
12
9 · 75%
0 · 0%
3 · 25%
Sixth
12
8 · 66.7%
3 · 25%
1 · 8.3%
Twenty-first
10
8 · 80%
2 · 20%
0 · 0%
Twelfth
7
6 · 85.7%
1 · 14.3%
0 · 0%
Twentieth
7
5 · 71.4%
2 · 28.6%
0 · 0%
Third
7
7 · 100%
0 · 0%
0 · 0%
Ninth
6
2 · 33.3%
2 · 33.3%
2 · 33.3%
Sixteenth
6
5 · 83.3%
1 · 16.7%
0 · 0%
Seventh
5
3 · 60%
1 · 20%
1 · 20%
Montana Water Court
4
3 · 75%
0 · 0%
1 · 25%
Fourteenth
4
3 · 75%
1 · 25%
0 · 0%
Tenth
3
2 · 66.7%
1 · 33.3%
0 · 0%
Fifteenth
3
2 · 66.7%
1 · 33.3%
0 · 0%
Workers Compensation Court
2
2 · 100%
0 · 0%
0 · 0%
U.S. District Court-Montana
2
0 · 0%
0 · 0%
0 · 0%
Seventeenth
2
0 · 0%
2 · 100%
0 · 0%
Subject and posture
how the year’s opinions divide
OpinionsFiling → opinionSubmitted → opinionFastest and slowest
Affirmed
Reversed
Other
All opinions
362
324d
87d
23d — Hoffman, Smylie and Abbott v. State of Montana
981d — Scheafer v. Safeco Insurance Co. of Ill
Five-justice panel
341
324d
85d
23d — Hoffman, Smylie and Abbott v. State of Montana
981d — Scheafer v. Safeco Insurance Co. of Ill
Civil
240
279d
86d
23d — Hoffman, Smylie and Abbott v. State of Montana
981d — Scheafer v. Safeco Insurance Co. of Ill
Five-justice panel
224
277d
84d
23d — Hoffman, Smylie and Abbott v. State of Montana
981d — Scheafer v. Safeco Insurance Co. of Ill
Opinions issued in 2014
346 opinions
AU
majority
CO
concurrence
DI
dissent
filled wrote it · outlined joined it
Marriage of Buck
2014 MT 344
DA 14-0104
· Dec 30, 2014 · Affirmed
MW
MG
BB
PC
JR
State v. Nichols
2014 MT 343
DA 13-0163
· Dec 30, 2014 · Reversed
JR
MG
LK
MW
JS
Matter of S.B.C., Jr
2014 MT 345
DA 14-0084
· Dec 30, 2014 · Affirmed
JR
MW
PC
LK
MG
BB
JS
Marriage of Rannebarger
2014 MT 347N
DA 14-0060
· Dec 30, 2014 · Affirmed
MG
LK
PC
BB
MW
State v. Preston Hanna
2014 MT 346
DA 13-0543
· Dec 30, 2014 · Affirmed
BB
MW
JS
LK
JR
Sheridan Elec. v. MT-Dak Utilities
2014 MT 332
DA 14-0196
· Dec 23, 2014 · Affirmed
MW
JS
PC
BB
JR
State v. Shaffer
2014 MT 340N
DA 13-0355
· Dec 23, 2014 · Affirmed
MW
LK
PC
JS
JR
Marriage of Marez and Marshall
2014 MT 333
DA 14-0128
· Dec 23, 2014 · Affirmed
LK
MG
PC
BB
JR
State v. Mark White
2014 MT 335
DA 13-0589
· Dec 23, 2014 · Affirmed
MG
BB
JS
PC
MW
JR
LK
State v. Urziceanu
2014 MT 338N
DA 13-0344
· Dec 23, 2014 · Affirmed
BB
MG
PC
JS
MW
Wyo-Ben v. Bixby
2014 MT 334
DA 13-0831
· Dec 23, 2014 · Affirmed in part, reversed in part
BB
MG
JS
LK
JR
Plouffe v. Knudson
2014 MT 341N
DA 14-0291
· Dec 23, 2014 · Affirmed
PC
LK
JS
BB
JR
Bates v. Neva
2014 MT 336
DA 14-0171
· Dec 23, 2014 · Affirmed
BB
MG
PC
JS
MW
JR
LK
Estate of Corrigan
2014 MT 337
DA 14-0132
· Dec 23, 2014 · Affirmed
MW
MG
JS
PC
BB
JR
LK
State v. Koski
2014 MT 339N
DA 14-0193
· Dec 23, 2014 · Affirmed
PC
MG
JR
BB
MW