Cory Swanson
Cory Swanson is a Chief Justice of the Montana Supreme Court (7 judges, selected by nonpartisan election), serving since 2025. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Tenure
- Since 2025 · 1 yr
Judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Montana Supreme Court | – | – |
Judicial Record
In our data, Swanson authored 18 published opinions for the court (2025–2026). Most cited: State v. Partain (3 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. 18 of these were attributed to Swanson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | State v. Partain† | 567 P.3d 932 | 3 |
| 2025 | Noland v. State† | 2025 MT 294 | 1 |
| 2025 | State v. A. Smith† | 2025 MT 281 | 1 |
| 2025 | State v. Carter-Brueggeman† | 2025 MT 193 | 1 |
| 2025 | R. Skurdal v. J. Walker† | 2025 MT 174 | 1 |
| 2025 | Del Duca v. Skydancer† | 2025 MT 156 | 1 |
| 2025 | State v. R. Donahue† | 2025 MT 144 | 1 |
| 2025 | State v. D. Demarie† | 2025 MT 115 | 1 |
| 2025 | Grosvold v. Neely† | 568 P.3d 525 | 1 |
| 2025 | State v. L. Ernst† | 567 P.3d 944 | 1 |
| 2026 | Pope v. DOC† | 2026 MT 94 | 0 |
| 2026 | State v. S. Mann† | 2026 MT 92 | 0 |
| 2026 | State v. A. Emmings† | 2026 MT 54 | 0 |
| 2026 | State v. R. Fish† | 2026 MT 12 | 0 |
| 2025 | State v. S. Andersen† | 2025 MT 293 | 0 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 18 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 Cory Swanson on?
- Cory Swanson is a Chief Justice of the Montana Supreme Court.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- Montana Judicial Branch – Supreme Court Justice Biographies
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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1 year on the Montana Supreme Court. Data as of 2026-07-02. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).