Title: MATTER OF RULES ON DISQUALIFICATION

State: montana

Issuer: Montana Supreme Court

Document:

- - 5 - g P o z p 5 ; r t . 2 'The Court's ?A.tention has k e n drawn to two clgi2ics - , ., m tians ~ee.ted i- the Rules for t h e Sissua?,i".c;_tior~ a & : ' ~ u q B 2 <-3 c- stitntior of J u d g e s adapted by thi.s C ~ m r t on Septeneh 2 . b - . a , , - 11988, and new codified at 3-1-8'11 thrnugi- - 8 1 1 5 z 7 , c : m - C 4 herticns 3-1-904 (1) i a j and (b) , "!CAP are ncdkfierl as f%Zow,-s: i a ) A xatio-: " o r silbstit~tlon of a $ + - + Y ~ - * .- . i 1 : L , & , _ judge s h l l be made by fiLicg a written motinn with i k -. LA,.: clerk, as folicws: s t ~ k , ~ , . . . . . rlndersiy.re6 ilerehv -.loves for sill,ti.iiltinn of District Sudge - - - - in this case.' > * k cacv . - of the nation shaLI be served uscn a i l parties tc the proceeding and the clerk shall * ~ immediately n i i t i f : y the jueqe aad the rirst judge in jurisdiction, i f there has already been a rubstitu- kiorr. A"er a tine1,y ?icltion has been fil,ed, the substitnted 3adqe shall have nn power to act on t h e merits of t h e cause or to decide Legal issues therein, ard shall call in m o t h e r judqe. However, a resident district ;udge who has previnusiy keen s.o~bstitutec': from "ihe case mas: agree to set the calendar, draw a i u r v , cs:nnduct a11 routine matters ineluding arrai-;-ireotcs, . e i r pretrial con- i- &trences , in civil cases, and other matters which do not 90 thc n;erits of t h e c;;sc, if t h e jaiJqc ip j nrisdicticn authnrizc?r the same. . ' ~ (b) The first urstric"-~*o eltho l i s substituted or eisqua4.ified for cause si.~a.ll have . , the d u t y of c2il4.ng L-; a l l c;uhsequnot a1stri-t jusges. In a rnolti-judge court all other judses in that ccart shall be called, ir accordance with that c o u r t % iinterral operati-ig TLI?OS~ before a j u d g e - ~ from another czstrict caurt is called in. It shell be the dot:^ ef the clerk o f court to star~p the name ~ $ 5 the j;dqc? to whom t k ; e czso j . s assj-q-ec? 03 the - ~ face cf the iziti,ciL pleaarnq, coxplzint, order to . - .hnw . - caase, or infcrmaticn, and a i l c a n i n s thereof. I T ioilim;"R"fj that %he above ~ G F - ~ C ? ~ ? F I I ? C t.7 ss and ( ) >%Cn, 2re effective as sf tl:e date o f . > ' - this or2er, w h - Clerk of this C011j:t i s directed to - ? a i l opies of this order to ths failowiag: % c Pode ., Cormissioner o>"".~- St2te? (if p.<cntana; District Court Judges of the State of Montafia; Clerks of the 7istrirt Court.; OF the "ate of kI9ntar:;i; vni a . .- .- , stateS r\: t #-*.-: C n i i r t ~ a d g t ? ~ of the State of Xontana; rn Iresidefit an*. F::eci?t.ixie Director c f the State Bar of &<cnta.ra, with, direction that it he oubiished in the Montana Lawirer; - d - prnsi;icnr 2nd ~:.:ecutii-e Direc",or of t Montana Trial Lawyers Association. "S T% i ) p . ' _ ~ ~ ";-is 68 "has. of Novercber, 19m9,