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J ORIGINAL
                                                                                           02/08/2024
            IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA

                                         OP 24-0061                                    Case Number: OP 24-0061

SOUTHWEST DISTRIBUTING CO., d/b/a SWD
URETHANE,

             Petitioner,

       v.
                                                                       ORDER
 MONTANA NINETEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
 COURT, LINCOLN COUNTY, HON. MATTHEW J.
 CUFFE, Presiding Judge,                                                          FILED
             Respondent.                                                          FEB - 8 2024
                                                                                Bowen Greenwood
                                                                              Clerk of Supreme Court
                                                                                 State of Montana

       Petitioner Southwest Distributing Co., d/b/a SWD Urethane (Southwest) seeks a writ
of supervisory control over the Montana Nineteenth Judicial District Court in Cause No.
DV-22-72 to reverse that court's November 21, 2023 Opinion and Order Re: Motion to
Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction that denied Southwest's motion to dismiss.
Southwest maintains the District Court erred in concluding it could exercise personal
jurisdiction over Southwest pursuant to M. R. Civ. P. 4(b)(1).
       Having reviewed the Petition and the challenged Order, this Court deems it appropriate
to obtain a summary response. Therefore, in accordance with M. R. App. P. 14(7),
       IT IS ORDERED that the Nineteenth Judicial District Court and the named parties in
Cause No. DV-22-72 are granted to and including March 8, 2024, to prepare, file, and serve
responses to the petition for writ of supervisory control.
       The Clerk is directed to provide immediate notice of this Order to counsel for
Petitioner, all counsel of record in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court Cause No. DV-22-72,
and to the Honorable Matthew J. Cuffe, presiding District Judge.
       DATED this 8 4 day of February, 2024.
                                                  For the Court,

                                                  By
                                                                   Justice