Statistics for 2016
By justice →Opinions issued
351
Cases opened
772
Cases closed
761
Net change
+11
docket growing
Median days on appeal
309
filing to opinion
Median, submission to opinion
85
submitted to opinion
Dispositions
appeals decided by opinion in 2016
Affirmed
298
79%
Reversed
43
11.4%
Affirmed in part, reversed in part
32
8.5%
Opinion issued dismissing the appeal
1
0.3%
Opinion issued in a DA case, outcome unknown
1
0.3%
Petition for writ of supervisory control - other with opinion
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
46
33 · 71.7%
5 · 10.9%
8 · 17.4%
Eleventh
43
36 · 83.7%
4 · 9.3%
3 · 7%
Eighth
42
34 · 81%
5 · 11.9%
2 · 4.8%
Thirteenth
38
25 · 65.8%
8 · 21.1%
5 · 13.2%
Fourth
37
31 · 83.8%
3 · 8.1%
2 · 5.4%
Eighteenth
21
19 · 90.5%
1 · 4.8%
0 · 0%
Twentieth
16
13 · 81.3%
2 · 12.5%
1 · 6.3%
Twenty-first
16
11 · 68.8%
3 · 18.8%
2 · 12.5%
Third
15
14 · 93.3%
0 · 0%
1 · 6.7%
Ninth
15
14 · 93.3%
0 · 0%
1 · 6.7%
Sixth
13
9 · 69.2%
1 · 7.7%
3 · 23.1%
Second
11
7 · 63.6%
3 · 27.3%
1 · 9.1%
Montana Water Court
9
8 · 88.9%
0 · 0%
1 · 11.1%
Nineteenth
8
7 · 87.5%
1 · 12.5%
0 · 0%
Twenty-second
8
5 · 62.5%
3 · 37.5%
0 · 0%
Fifth
7
5 · 71.4%
1 · 14.3%
1 · 14.3%
Twelfth
7
7 · 100%
0 · 0%
0 · 0%
Seventh
7
4 · 57.1%
2 · 28.6%
1 · 14.3%
Tenth
5
5 · 100%
0 · 0%
0 · 0%
Seventeenth
4
4 · 100%
0 · 0%
0 · 0%
Fifteenth
3
2 · 66.7%
1 · 33.3%
0 · 0%
Fourteenth
3
3 · 100%
0 · 0%
0 · 0%
Sixteenth
2
2 · 100%
0 · 0%
0 · 0%
Subject and posture
how the year’s opinions divide
OpinionsFiling → opinionSubmitted → opinionFastest and slowest
Affirmed
Reversed
Other
Opinions issued in 2016
351 opinions
AU
majority
CO
concurrence
DI
dissent
filled wrote it · outlined joined it
Usa, Blm v. Korman
2016 MT 351N
DA 16-0019
· Dec 28, 2016 · Affirmed
MG
MW
PC
BB
JS
LK
Ryffel Family v. Alpine Construction
2016 MT 350
DA 15-0805
· Dec 28, 2016 · Affirmed
LK
MG
PC
JS
BB
Associated Derm. v. Fitte
2016 MT 349
DA 16-0103
· Dec 28, 2016 · Affirmed
LK
BB
JS
JR
MW
PC
USA/BLM - Barthelmess, Et Al
2016 MT 348
DA 15-0533
· Dec 28, 2016 · Affirmed
MG
PC
MW
BB
JS
JR
LK
Welu v. Twin Hearts
2016 MT 347
DA 16-0139
· Dec 28, 2016 · Affirmed
PC
JS
BB
MW
LK
Marriage of Taylor
2016 MT 342
DA 16-0150
· Dec 27, 2016 · Affirmed
BB
MG
MW
PC
LK
Myrick v. Skolrud
2016 MT 341
DA 16-0168
· Dec 27, 2016 · Affirmed
JR
MG
BB
MW
LK
State v. W. Lawrence
2016 MT 346
DA 15-0428
· Dec 27, 2016 · Reversed
PC
MW
LK
JS
BB
MG
JR
Ohio Farmers v. Jem
2016 MT 343
DA 16-0181
· Dec 27, 2016 · Affirmed
JS
MG
MW
BB
LK
Suzor v. International Paper
2016 MT 344
DA 15-0510
· Dec 27, 2016 · Affirmed
PC
MG
MW
JR
LK
Matter of B.W.S., YINC
2016 MT 340
DA 15-0791
· Dec 27, 2016 · Affirmed
PC
BB
MW
JS
JR
Bird v. Cascade County
2016 MT 345
DA 16-0162
· Dec 27, 2016 · Affirmed
BB
MG
MW
JR
JS
Conservatorship of J.J.W
2016 MT 339N
DA 16-0284
· Dec 27, 2016 · Affirmed
JS
JR
MW
LK
BB
State v. Whitegrass
2016 MT 337N
DA 15-0730
· Dec 27, 2016 · Affirmed
MG
MW
JS
BB
LK
State v. Lafield
2016 MT 338N
DA 15-0212
· Dec 27, 2016 · Affirmed
MW
MG
JS
BB
LK