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04/24/2024

            IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA
                                                                                          Case Number: OP 24-0061

                                          OP 24-0061
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 SOUTHWEST DISTRIBUTING CO.,
 d/b/a SWD URETHANE,

             Petitioner,

       v.
                                                                    ORDER
 MONTANA NINETEENTH JUDICIAL
 DISTRICT COURT, LINCOLN COUNTY,
 HON. MATTHEW J. CUFFE, Presiding Judge,

             Respondent.
                                      _________________

       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). At our invitation, North Idaho Insulation, LLC
(NII), one of the defendants and third-party plaintiffs in the case below, responded in
opposition to Southwest’s petition.
       M. R. App. P. 14(7)(b) allows this Court to order more extensive briefing. Under
M. R. App. P. 14(7)(a), the petitioner may not file a response brief except on order of this
Court. In this case, the Court has determined that a reply brief is warranted.
       IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Petitioner Southwest Distributing Co. shall have
to and including May 8, 2024, to prepare, file, and serve a reply brief. The text of the reply
brief shall not exceed 2,000 words.
       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.

                                                                                Electronically signed by:
                                              1                                     Laurie McKinnon
                                                                           Justice, Montana Supreme Court
                                                                                      April 24 2024