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The District of Montana was organized on February 22, 1889, by 25 Stat. 676, following Montana's admission to statehood. Congress organized Montana as a single judicial district, and authorized one judgeship for the district court, which was assigned to the Ninth Circuit.
Montana became a state in 1889. A state constitution was drafted in 1884, which established a system of courts: A supreme court, district courts, county courts, justices of the peace, and municipal courts such as the legislature might see fit to create. [1] Four judicial districts were created, each with a district court. [2]
Montana Supreme Court [1] Montana District Courts (56 courts, 22 judicial districts) [2] [3] Montana Justice Courts [4] Montana City Courts [4] Montana Municipal Courts [4] Montana Youth Courts, Generally assigned to District Court Judges, cases appealed to the Montana Supreme Court. [5] Montana Worker's Compensation Court [3] Montana Water ...
Dirk M. Sandefur (born October 22, 1961) is an associate justice of the Montana Supreme Court.His term began on January 2, 2017. He served for eight years as a criminal and civil Deputy Attorney for Cascade County, Montana, before being elected a judge on the 8th Judicial District of the Montana District Court in 2002.
This is a list of the first minority male lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Montana.It includes the year in which the men were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are men who achieved other distinctions, such becoming the first in their state to graduate from law school or become a political figure.
Holly Brown: [22] First female district court judge in Gallatin County, Montana; Colleen Herrington: [23] First female chief judge (2023) in Gallatin County, Montana; Deborah Kim Christopher: [24] First female to serve as the Lake County Attorney, Montana (1991). In 2000, she became the first female judge of the Twentieth Judicial District. [25]
First Chief Justice of Montana Supreme Court; previously Associate Justice of Territorial Supreme Court (1875–1885); Chief Justice of Territorial Supreme Court (1889) William Y. Pemberton (1893–1899) Theodore M. Brantley (1899–1922) Died in office; longest serving Chief Justice to date (23 years) Llewellyn L. Callaway (1922–1935) Appointed
The following is a list of all judges of the United States district and territorial courts. The list includes both "active" and "senior" judges, both of whom hear and decide cases. There are 89 districts in the 50 states, with a total of 94 districts including four territories and the District of Columbia .