Katherine M. Bidegaray
Katherine M. Bidegaray is a Justice of the Montana Supreme Court, 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, Bidegaray authored 46 published opinions for the court (2025–2026). Most cited: State v. H. Vaska (5 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. 46 of these were attributed to Bidegaray 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. H. Vaska† | 2025 MT 168 | 5 |
| 2025 | Matter of J.T.L., YINC† | 2025 MT 98 | 5 |
| 2025 | State v. M. Dulaney† | 566 P.3d 534 | 5 |
| 2025 | In Re The Parenting of: D.C.S.† | 2025 MT 179 | 3 |
| 2025 | Parenting of A.M.B.† | 2025 MT 270 | 2 |
| 2025 | State v. Powell† | 2025 MT 218 | 2 |
| 2025 | Apecella v. Overman† | 2025 MT 219 | 2 |
| 2025 | In Re The Marriage of: Boeshans† | 2025 MT 187 | 2 |
| 2025 | State v. R. Brady† | 569 P.3d 195 | 2 |
| 2025 | State v. J. Parker† | 421 Mont. 473 | 2 |
| 2026 | K. Briggs v. State† | 2026 MT 47 | 1 |
| 2025 | Hennon v. Weber† | 2025 MT 260 | 1 |
| 2025 | Estate of Damjanovich† | 2025 MT 259 | 1 |
| 2025 | Adoption of A.K.M. & R.J.M.† | 2025 MT 212 | 1 |
| 2025 | Marriage of Jackson† | 2025 MT 177 | 1 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 46 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
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- Katherine M. Bidegaray is a 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).