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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 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.
The following is a list of all current 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 .
This category is for Chief Justices and Associate Justices of the Montana Supreme Court (1889–present); see also Category:Montana Territory judges for those who served on its predecessor, the Montana Territorial Supreme Court (1864–1889).
Pages in category "Montana state court judges" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
On May 26, 1864, the United States Congress passed the Organic Act, [2] which formed the Montana Territory and established the Territorial Supreme Court. The court consisted of one chief justice and two associate justices, all of whom were appointed by the president of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate; the court's first members were chosen by President Abraham ...
National Center for State Courts – directory of state court websites. "Montana" , Caselaw Access Project , Harvard Law School, OCLC 1078785565 , Court decisions freely available to the public online, in a consistent format, digitized from the collection of the Harvard Law Library
In 2002, Montana District Courts heard 10,673 civil cases and 7,046 criminal cases. [33] Yet, in 2003, the maximum number of judges in a judicial district was just four. [34] The total number of judges was 42 in 2006, [33] and 43 in 2011. [32] Judges have been added to the system only irregularly, in 1979, 1983, 1999, 2001, 2005, and 2009.