Court Opinion

ID: 880282
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2013-06-05 00:00:46.246893+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:52:55.268229
License: Public Domain

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      'The Court's ?A.tention has k e n drawn to two clgi2ics                m
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tians ~ e e . t e d i- the Rules for t h e Sissua?,i".c;_tior~ a & : ' ~ u q B
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stitntior of J u d g e s adapted by thi.s C ~ m r ton S e p t e n ec- 2 h .b
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11988, and new codified at              3-1-8'11 thrnugi- -8115z7,c:m
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herticns 3-1-904 (1)i a j and (b), "!CAP are n c d k f i e r l as f%Zow,-s:
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              ia)     A xatio-: "ro      silbstit~tlon of a $ + 1 + Y ~ - _
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     judge s h l l be made by fiLicg a written motinn with
     i k -. clerk, as f o l i c w s :
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             k cacv of the nation s h a L I be served uscn a >i *l
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     parties tc the proceeding and the clerk shall
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     immediately n i i : the jueqe aad the rirst j u d g e in
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     jurisdiction, i f there has already been a rubstitu-
     kiorr.       A"er     a tine1,y ?icltion has been f i l , e d , the
     substitnted 3adqe shall have nn power to act on t h e
     merits of t h e cause or to d e c i d e Legal issues
     therein, ard shall call in m o t h e r j u d q e .        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-
     &trences in civil cases, and other matters which do
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     not 90            thc n;erits of t h e c;;sc, if t h e jaiJqc ip
     j nrisdicticn a u t h n r i z c ? r t h e same.
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             ( b ) The first urstric"-~*o
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     substituted or eisqua4.ified for cause s i . ~ a . l l h a v e
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     t h e d u t y of c 2 i l 4 . n g L-; a l l c;uhsequnot a1stri-t
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     jusges.      In a r n o l t i - j u d g e court all other judses in
     that ccart shall be called, ir accordance with that
     court%       iinterral operati-ig T L I ? O S ~ before a j u d g e
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     from another czstrict caurt is called in. It shell
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     be the dot:^ ef the clerk o f court to star~pthe name
     ~ $ t h e j;dqc? to whom t k ; e czso js assj-q-ec? 03 t h e
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                cf the i z i t i , c i L p l e a a r n q , coxplzint, order to
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     .hnw       c a a s e , or infcrmaticn, and a .-l c a n i n s thereof.
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     IT         ioilim;"R"fj            that         above ~ G F - ~ C ? ~ ? F I I ? C t.7 ss
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                      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:
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      c Pode Cormissioner o>"".~- S t 2 t e ? (ifp.<cntana;
     District Court Judges of the State o f Montafia;
     Clerks o f t h e 7istrirt Court.; O F the "ate      of kI9ntar:;i;
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                                  t     #-*.-:      Cniirt   ~ a d g t ?of
                                                                         ~   the State of
Xontana;
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     rn                an*.       F::eci?t.ixie     Director c f      the State Bar of
&<cnta.ra,      with, direction that it he oubiished in the Montana
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      prnsi;icnr 2nd ~:.:ecutii-e Direc",or of t                             Montana Trial
Lawyers Association.
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                   ~     6 "has. of Novercber, 19m9,