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The most-cited opinions of the Montana Supreme Court on UpLaw — 549 decisions from 1875–2014, each with its treatment history and the cases that cite it.

Steer, Inc. v. Department of Revenue 47 State Rptr. 2199 · cited by 232
Carbon County v. Union Reserve Coal Co., Inc. 52 State Rptr. 529 · cited by 133
Interstate Production Credit Ass'n v. Desaye 48 State Rptr. 986 · cited by 129
Whitlow v. State 343 Mont. 90 · cited by 126
Bruner v. Yellowstone County 52 State Rptr. 699 · cited by 107
State v. Finley 53 State Rptr. 310 · cited by 103
State v. Van Kirk 306 Mont. 215 · cited by 96
Hulse v. State, Department of Justice 55 State Rptr. 415 · cited by 84
State v. Lenihan 184 Mont. 338 · cited by 84
State v. Just 184 Mont. 262 · cited by 78
Story v. City of Bozeman 242 Mont. 436 · cited by 78
State ex rel. Whiteside v. First Judicial District Court 24 Mont. 539 · cited by 77
State v. Bullock 52 State Rptr. 717 · cited by 77
State Ex Rel. Barney v. Hawkins 79 Mont. 506 · cited by 73
State v. Kougl 323 Mont. 6 · cited by 70
State v. Gallagher 304 Mont. 215 · cited by 70
State v. Ariegwe 338 Mont. 442 · cited by 69
Casey v. Northern Pacific Ry. Co. 60 Mont. 56 · cited by 67
Ide v. Leiser 10 Mont. 5 · cited by 65
Sacco v. High Country Independent Press, Inc. 52 State Rptr. 407 · cited by 65
State v. Kougl 322 Mont. 6 · cited by 65
State v. Matt 48 State Rptr. 614 · cited by 64
State v. Gopher 193 Mont. 189 · cited by 63
State v. Elison 302 Mont. 228 · cited by 62
Armstrong v. State 56 State Rptr. 1045 · cited by 62
Motarie v. Northern Montana Joint Refuse Disposal District 52 State Rptr. 1209 · cited by 62
State ex rel. Hay v. Alderson 49 Mont. 387 · cited by 61
Hill v. Rae 52 Mont. 378 · cited by 60
Unified Industries, Inc. v. Easley 55 State Rptr. 574 · cited by 59
In re D.B. 339 Mont. 240 · cited by 59
Mead v. M.S.B., Inc. 51 State Rptr. 348 · cited by 58
Fulton v. Chouteau County Farmers' Co. 98 Mont. 48 · cited by 58
Bordeaux v. Bordeaux 32 Mont. 159 · cited by 58
Brandenburger v. Toyota Motor Sales, U. S. A., Inc. 162 Mont. 506 · cited by 57
Busta Ex Rel. Busta v. Columbus Hospital Corp. 53 State Rptr. 428 · cited by 57
State v. Ashby 342 Mont. 187 · cited by 56
Cunningham v. Northwestern Improvement Co. 44 Mont. 180 · cited by 56
Maki v. Murray Hospital 91 Mont. 251 · cited by 56
State v. Martinez 314 Mont. 434 · cited by 55
Lorang v. Fortis Insurance 345 Mont. 12 · cited by 55
State v. Warclub 327 Mont. 352 · cited by 54
Hilger v. Moore 56 Mont. 146 · cited by 54
Dosen v. East Butte Copper Mining Co. 78 Mont. 579 · cited by 54
Pilgeram v. Greenpoint Mortgage Funding, Inc. 373 Mont. 1 · cited by 53
Stephens v. Conley 48 Mont. 352 · cited by 53
Seltzer v. Morton 336 Mont. 225 · cited by 53
Robinson v. F. W. Woolworth Co. 80 Mont. 431 · cited by 51
Gryczan v. State 54 State Rptr. 699 · cited by 51
Staples v. FARMERS UNION MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY 321 Mont. 99 · cited by 51
State v. Kotwicki 335 Mont. 344 · cited by 51
Sunburst School District No. 2 v. Texaco, Inc. 338 Mont. 259 · cited by 51
State Ex Rel. Malott v. Board of County Commissioners 89 Mont. 37 · cited by 51
Mary J. Baker Revocable Trust v. Cenex Harvest States, Cooperatives, Inc. 338 Mont. 41 · cited by 51
State ex rel. Samlin v. District Court 59 Mont. 600 · cited by 51
Yellowstone County v. First Trust & Savings Bank 46 Mont. 439 · cited by 51
Butte, Anaconda & Pacific Railway Co. v. Montana Union Railway Co. 16 Mont. 504 · cited by 50
State v. Spotted Hawk 22 Mont. 33 · cited by 49
Moffett v. Bozeman Canning Co. 95 Mont. 347 · cited by 49
State v. Loh 53 State Rptr. 226 · cited by 49
State v. Gunderson 357 Mont. 142 · cited by 49
Kiely Construction, L.L.C. v. City of Red Lodge Ex Rel. Red Lodge City Council 312 Mont. 52 · cited by 49
Shea v. North-Butte Mining Co. 55 Mont. 522 · cited by 48
Cereck v. Albertson's Inc. 195 Mont. 409 · cited by 48
Stanley v. Lemire 334 Mont. 489 · cited by 47
State v. Camp Sing 32 L.R.A. 635 · cited by 47
Palmer v. Farmers Insurance Exchange 50 State Rptr. 1210 · cited by 47
Graham v. Rolandson 150 Mont. 270 · cited by 47
State v. Montoya 56 State Rptr. 706 · cited by 47
State v. Siegal 54 State Rptr. 158 · cited by 47
Schuff v. A.T. Klemens & Son 57 State Rptr. 1499 · cited by 47
State v. State Board of Equalization 56 Mont. 413 · cited by 46
Escallier v. Great Northern Ry. Co. 46 Mont. 238 · cited by 46
Cruse v. Fischl 55 Mont. 258 · cited by 46
State v. White 306 Mont. 58 · cited by 46
Autio v. Miller 92 Mont. 150 · cited by 46
Daines v. Knight 52 State Rptr. 8 · cited by 45
Parchen v. Chessman 49 Mont. 326 · cited by 45
Essex Insurance v. Moose's Saloon, Inc. 338 Mont. 423 · cited by 45
Montana Horse Products Co. v. Great Northern Railway Co. 91 Mont. 194 · cited by 44
Morton v. Mooney 97 Mont. 1 · cited by 44
Montana Petroleum Tank Release Compensation Board v. Crumleys, Inc. 341 Mont. 33 · cited by 44
Plumb v. Fourth Judicial District Court 53 State Rptr. 1187 · cited by 44
Stutzman v. Safeco Insurance Co. of America 54 State Rptr. 925 · cited by 44
State v. LaMere 57 State Rptr. 214 · cited by 44
Dunphy v. Anaconda Company 151 Mont. 76 · cited by 44
Allen v. Bear Creek Coal Co. 43 Mont. 269 · cited by 44
Transamerica Insurance v. Royle 202 Mont. 173 · cited by 44
State v. Derbyshire 349 Mont. 114 · cited by 44
State v. McKenzie 186 Mont. 481 · cited by 44
Ellinghouse v. Ajax Livestock Co. 51 Mont. 275 · cited by 43
State v. Arlington 51 State Rptr. 417 · cited by 43
Stanley L. and Carolyn M. Watkins Trust v. Lacosta 321 Mont. 432 · cited by 43
Smith v. Denniff 50 L.R.A. 737 · cited by 43
Finlen v. Heinze 32 Mont. 354 · cited by 43
State v. Lane 55 State Rptr. 311 · cited by 43
Buhler v. Loftus 53 Mont. 546 · cited by 43
Buckman v. Montana Deaconess Hospital 224 Mont. 318 · cited by 42
Giambra v. Kelsey 338 Mont. 19 · cited by 42
Jacobsen v. Allstate Insurance 351 Mont. 464 · cited by 42
Chumasero v. Potts 2 Mont. 242 · cited by 42
State v. Kuneff 55 State Rptr. 1173 · cited by 41
State v. Jones 48 Mont. 505 · cited by 41
Minnie v. City of Roundup 50 State Rptr. 342 · cited by 41
Kelley v. John R. Daily Co. 56 Mont. 63 · cited by 41
In re A.S. 320 Mont. 268 · cited by 41
Harland v. Anderson 169 Mont. 447 · cited by 41
Ryan v. Weston 28 Mont. 207 · cited by 41
State v. Stringer 52 State Rptr. 473 · cited by 41
Wallace v. Wallace 85 Mont. 492 · cited by 41
State v. McKinney 29 Mont. 375 · cited by 41
Johnson v. Costco Wholesale 336 Mont. 105 · cited by 41
Hardy v. Progressive Specialty Insurance Co. 315 Mont. 107 · cited by 41
Meech v. Hillhaven West, Inc. 238 Mont. 21 · cited by 40
Nicholson v. Roundup Coal Mining Co. 79 Mont. 358 · cited by 40
State ex rel. Quintin v. Edwards 40 Mont. 287 · cited by 40
In re Dolenty's Estate 53 Mont. 33 · cited by 40
State v. Reesman 301 Mont. 408 · cited by 40
State v. Bischert 131 Mont. 152 · cited by 40
State ex rel. Bonner v. Dixon 59 Mont. 58 · cited by 40
State v. Swann 337 Mont. 326 · cited by 39
State v. Daniels 317 Mont. 331 · cited by 39
Gas Products Co. v. Rankin 63 Mont. 372 · cited by 39
State v. Sawyer 174 Mont. 512 · cited by 39
State v. Peterson 134 Mont. 52 · cited by 39
Gelsthorpe v. Furnell 39 L.R.A. 170 · cited by 39
State v. Scheetz 54 State Rptr. 1286 · cited by 39
Montanans for the Responsible Use of the School Trust v. State Ex Rel. Board of Land Commissioners 56 State Rptr. 1065 · cited by 39
Stackpole v. Hallahan 28 L.R.A. 502 · cited by 39
Lindblom v. Employers' Liability Assurance Corp. 88 Mont. 488 · cited by 38
State v. Pratt 54 State Rptr. 1349 · cited by 38
State v. Anderson 211 Mont. 272 · cited by 38
Murray v. Heinze 17 Mont. 353 · cited by 38
State v. Coleman 185 Mont. 299 · cited by 38
State v. Weaver 55 State Rptr. 668 · cited by 38
Butte Community Union v. Lewis 219 Mont. 426 · cited by 38
Lewis & Clark County v. Industrial Accident Board 52 Mont. 6 · cited by 38
Stadler v. City of Helena 46 Mont. 128 · cited by 38
Great Northern Utilities Co. v. Public Service Commission 88 Mont. 180 · cited by 38
State v. Good 309 Mont. 113 · cited by 38
State v. Geddes 22 Mont. 68 · cited by 38
State v. Jefferson 315 Mont. 146 · cited by 38
Gates v. Life of Montana Insurance 196 Mont. 178 · cited by 38
State v. Howard 30 Mont. 518 · cited by 38
Allen v. Petrick 69 Mont. 373 · cited by 38
Goodover v. Lindey's Inc. 49 State Rptr. 1059 · cited by 37
Spratt v. Helena Power Transmission Co. 37 Mont. 60 · cited by 37
Park v. Montana Sixth Judicial District Court 55 State Rptr. 657 · cited by 37
Oliver v. Stimson Lumber Co. 56 State Rptr. 1303 · cited by 37
Johnson v. St. Patrick's Hospital 148 Mont. 125 · cited by 37
Shammel v. Canyon Resources Corp. 319 Mont. 132 · cited by 37
State v. Hardaway 307 Mont. 139 · cited by 36
In Re the Mental Health of K.G.F. 306 Mont. 1 · cited by 36
State v. Egelhoff 52 State Rptr. 548 · cited by 36
Hagen v. State 56 State Rptr. 33 · cited by 36
State v. Brister 308 Mont. 154 · cited by 36
State v. Jefferson 315 Mont. 146 · cited by 36
Raymond v. Blancgrass 36 Mont. 449 · cited by 36
Monson v. La France Copper Co. 39 Mont. 50 · cited by 36
In re M.E.M. Youth in Need of Care 195 Mont. 329 · cited by 36
Childs v. Ptomey 17 Mont. 502 · cited by 36
Day v. Payne 53 State Rptr. 1400 · cited by 36
In Re Marriage of Engen 55 State Rptr. 595 · cited by 36
Dillon v. Great Northern Railway Co. 38 Mont. 485 · cited by 36
TRAVELERS CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY v. Ribi Immunochem Research, Inc. 326 Mont. 174 · cited by 36
Limberhand v. Big Ditch Co. 218 Mont. 132 · cited by 36
Osterholm v. Boston & Montana Con. C. & S. Mining Co. 40 Mont. 508 · cited by 36
State v. Rosling 342 Mont. 1 · cited by 36
State v. Rinehart 50 State Rptr. 1517 · cited by 36
State v. Hamper 345 Mont. 421 · cited by 35
State v. Fuller 34 Mont. 12 · cited by 35
Burke v. Inter-State Savings & Loan Ass'n 25 Mont. 315 · cited by 35
State ex rel. Hillis v. Sullivan 48 Mont. 320 · cited by 35
Mid-Northern Oil Co. v. Walker 65 Mont. 414 · cited by 35
Ulmen v. Schwieger 92 Mont. 331 · cited by 35
State ex rel. Interstate Lumber Co. v. District Court 54 Mont. 602 · cited by 35
State Ex Rel. Toomey v. State Board of Examiners 74 Mont. 1 · cited by 35
Trustees of Indiana University v. Buxbaum 315 Mont. 210 · cited by 35
Cullen v. Western Mortgage & Warranty Title Co. 47 Mont. 513 · cited by 35
Loudon v. Scott 58 Mont. 645 · cited by 35
Mills v. State Board of Equalization 97 Mont. 13 · cited by 35
In Re the Marriage of Rolfe 216 Mont. 39 · cited by 35
Montana Ore Purchasing Co. v. Boston & Montana Consolidated Copper & Silver Mining Co. 27 Mont. 288 · cited by 35
In re A.N.W. 331 Mont. 208 · cited by 35
State v. Flack 50 State Rptr. 997 · cited by 35
State Ex Rel. Diederichs v. State Highway Commission 89 Mont. 205 · cited by 34
State v. Hatfield 50 State Rptr. 101 · cited by 34
State v. Moore 51 State Rptr. 1151 · cited by 34
Birsch v. Citizens' Electric Co. 36 Mont. 574 · cited by 34
Ferguson v. Standley 89 Mont. 489 · cited by 34
Wendell v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance 56 State Rptr. 73 · cited by 34
Reeves v. Ille Electric Company 170 Mont. 104 · cited by 34
Henricksen v. State 319 Mont. 307 · cited by 34
State v. Mizenko 330 Mont. 299 · cited by 34
Dawson v. State 57 State Rptr. 883 · cited by 34
Murphy v. Nett 43 Mont. 353 · cited by 34
State v. Tackitt 315 Mont. 59 · cited by 34
Carlson v. City of Helena 39 Mont. 82 · cited by 34
Forrester v. Boston & Montana Consolidated Copper & Silver Mining Co. 21 Mont. 544 · cited by 34
State v. Randall 137 Mont. 534 · cited by 34
First Bank (N.A.) — Billings v. Clark 236 Mont. 195 · cited by 34