Gallatin County District Court, Montana Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

Copies must be sent to the judge’s law clerk by email in editable, non-read-only Word format, unless the final Pretrial Order specifies another procedure.

Copies of the Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law shall be provided to the judge's law clerk by e-mail in Word format that can be modified and is not "read only," or in accordance with the procedure set forth by the judge in the final Pretrial Order.

CRITICAL

Trial or hearing exhibits must be marked by the clerk; plaintiff/petitioner exhibits use numbers and defendant/respondent exhibits use letters.

If an exhibit is presented during trial/hearing, the attorney/party shall have the exhibit properly marked by the clerk. Plaintiff/Petitioner's exhibits shall be marked with numbers. Defendant/Respondent's exhibits shall be marked with letters.

WARNING

Citations to Montana Supreme Court cases issued after 1998 must follow the cited opinion-form and citation standards and the specified form.

For citations to Montana Supreme Court cases issued after 1998, the Matter of Opinion Forms and Citation Standards 54 St. Rep. 1357 (1997) and Montana Supreme Court Order AF-07-0664 (Jan. 22, 2009) shall apply. The citations shall be in the following form:

WARNING

Every specific reference to a statement from a cited case must include a pinpoint citation.

Every specific reference to a statement from a cited case shall contain a pinpoint citation.

WARNING

Citations to Montana Supreme Court cases issued before 1998 must include both Montana Reports and Pacific Reporter citations and follow the specified form.

Pursuant to the various orders of the Montana Supreme Court (see, e.g. Order issued on February 25, 2010), the Montana Supreme Court cases issued before 1998 shall have the Montana Reports and Pacific Reporter citations and be in the following form: