How do judges of the Montana Supreme Court reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is nonpartisan election.

Montana Supreme Court / Joined 2010 / Active

Beth Baker

Justice, Montana Supreme Court

Beth Baker is a Justice of the Montana Supreme Court, serving since 2010. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2010 · 16 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2010	Montana Supreme Court	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Baker authored 328 published opinions for the court (1928–2026), plus 24 dissents and 36 concurrences. Most cited: Reichert v. STATE EX REL. McCULLOCH (90 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 313 of these were attributed to Baker by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2012	Reichert v. STATE EX REL. McCULLOCH· Concurrence†	2012 MT 111	90
2013	State v. Aker†	2013 MT 253	61
2012	State v. Stewart· Concurrence†	2012 MT 317	53
2012	In Re the Marriage of Tummarello	2012 MT 18	50
2015	Milky Whey, Inc. v. Dairy Partners, LLC†	2015 MT 18	49
2011	State v. Maine· Concurrence†	2011 MT 90	48
2011	In Re the Mental Health of L.K.-S.	2011 MT 21	47
2011	Diaz v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield· Concurrence†	2011 MT 322	42
2016	State v. W. Lawrence· Concurrence†	2016 MT 346	40
2016	Tubaugh v. Jackson†	383 Mont. 197	39
2014	Skelton Ranch, Inc. v. Pondera County Canal & Reservoir Co.· Concurrence†	2014 MT 167	37
2013	Bailey v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance· Dissent†	2013 MT 119	37
2011	In re M.N.†	362 Mont. 186	37
2016	Montana Cannabis Industry Ass'n v. State†	2016 MT 44	35
2015	McClue v. Safeco Insurance†	2015 MT 222	34

Showing the 15 most-cited of 388 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

How do judges of the Montana Supreme Court reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is nonpartisan election.
Which court is Beth Baker on?: Beth Baker is a Justice of the Montana Supreme Court.

Sources

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16 years on the Montana Supreme Court. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).