State Supreme Court / Mont.

Montanans for the Responsible Use of the School Trust v. State Ex Rel. Board of Land Commissioners

Decided November 2, 1999. W. William Leaphart wrote the opinion for the court.

1999 MT 263 · Cited 79 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Lassen v. Arizona Ex Rel. Arizona Highway Department · 385 U.S. 458
Serrano v. Priest · 569 P.2d 1303
Miller v. Titeca · 628 P.2d 670
State Ex Rel. Thompson v. Babcock · 409 P.2d 808
Toomey v. State Board of Land Commissioners · 81 P.2d 407
Porter v. Porter · 473 P.2d 538
Department of State Lands v. Pettibone · 702 P.2d 948
Means v. Montana Power Co. · 625 P.2d 32
Jerke v. State Department of Lands · 597 P.2d 49
Wild West Motors, Inc. v. Lingle · 728 P.2d 412
State v. Martel · 902 P.2d 14
In re R.L.S. · 293 Mont. 288
Steer, Inc. v. Department of Revenue · 803 P.2d 601
Miotke v. City of Spokane · 678 P.2d 803
Foy v. Anderson · 580 P.2d 114
Goodover v. Lindey's Inc. · 843 P.2d 765
Helena Elementary School District No. 1 v. State · 769 P.2d 684
State v. Nye · 943 P.2d 96
Joseph Russell Realty Co. v. Kenneally · 605 P.2d 1107
Davis v. Union Pacific Railroad Co. · 282 Mont. 233
Holmstrom Land Co. v. Hunter · 595 P.2d 360
Helena Elementary School D. 1 v. State · 784 P.2d 412
Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks v. Montana Stockgrowers Ass'n · 240 Mont. 39
Matter of Dearborn Drainage Area · 782 P.2d 898

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Sunburst School District No. 2 v. Texaco, Inc. · 2007 MT 183
Trustees of Indiana University v. Buxbaum · 2003 MT 97
Mountain West Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance v. Brewer · 2003 MT 98
Columbia Falls Elementary School District No. 6 v. State · 2005 MT 69
Dorwart v. Caraway · 2002 MT 240
In re T.C. · 307 Mont. 244
Mountain West Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance v. Hall · 2001 MT 314
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Motta v. Granite County Commissioners · 2013 MT 172
Bitterroot River Protective Ass'n v. Bitterroot Conservation District · 2011 MT 51
American Cancer Society v. State · 2004 MT 376
Grabow v. Montana High School Ass'n · 2002 MT 242
Harding v. Savoy · 2004 MT 280
Montanans for the Responsible Use of the School Trust v. Darkenwald · 2005 MT 190
Good Schools Missoula, Inc. v. Missoula County Public School District No. 1 · 2008 MT 231

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