Court Opinion

ID: 9890289
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Date Created: 2023-10-12 18:07:47.260849+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:50:02.332737
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10/12/2023

            IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA
                                                                                          Case Number: DA 23-0287

                                      DA 23-0287
                                   _________________

 PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MONTANA;
 ALL FAMILIES HEALTHCARE;
 BLUE MOUNTAIN CLINIC; SAMUEL
 DICKMAN, M.D., and HELEN WEEMS,
 APRN-FNP, on behalf of themselves and their
 patients,

              Plaintiffs and Appellees,

       v.
                                                                      ORDER

 STATE OF MONTANA; MONTANA
 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
 AND HUMAN SERVICES; and CHARLIE
 BRERETON, in his official capacity
 as Director of the Department of Public Health and
 Human Services,

              Defendants and Appellants.
                                _________________

       The parties have filed with this Court a stipulation to correct several errors in the
official transcript of proceedings, citing M. R. App. P. 8(6). Upon review, the Court
determines that the stipulation is not properly before this Court. Rule 8(6), Correction or
Modification of the Record, provides in its entirety:
       If any difference arises as to whether the record accurately discloses what
       occurred in the district court, the difference shall be submitted to and settled
       by the district court within the time provided for transmission of the record
       or within such time as the district court may for good cause permit, and the
       record made to conform to the truth. If anything material to either party is
       omitted from the record by error or accident or is misstated therein, the
       parties by stipulation, or the district court, on motion of a party or upon its
       own motion, either before or after transmission of the record to the supreme
       court, may order that the omission or misstatement be corrected and, if
       necessary, that a supplemental record be certified and transmitted. All other
         questions as to the form and content of the record shall be presented to the
         supreme court.

Although the Rule lacks some clarity regarding a stipulation to correct a misstatement in
the record, the authority to approve such a correction appears to rest with the District
Court.
         IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the parties are directed to present their
stipulation to the District Court for approval.
         The Clerk shall provide notice of this Order to all counsel of record.

                                               2                                Electronically signed by:
                                                                                       Beth Baker
                                                                           Justice, Montana Supreme Court
                                                                                    October 12 2023