State Supreme Court / Mont.

State v. Gopher

Decided July 9, 1981. John C. Harrison wrote the opinion for the court.

631 P.2d 293 · Cited 143 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.

State v. Rader · 581 P.2d 437
Stone v. People · 485 P.2d 495
People v. Waits · 580 P.2d 391
State v. Dean · 543 P.2d 425
People v. Mangum · 539 P.2d 120
State v. Ruiz · 504 P.2d 1307
Washington v. State · 94 Nev. 181
Washington v. State · 576 P.2d 1126

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State v. Gilder · 1999 MT 207
State v. Angeline · 1998 MT 139
State v. Pratt · 951 P.2d 37
Kleinsasser v. State · 42 P.3d 801
State v. Farabee · 2000 MT 265
Anderson v. State Dept. of Justice · 912 P.2d 212
State v. Bar-Jonah · 2004 MT 344
State v. Jarman · 1998 MT 277
State v. Lacasella · 2002 MT 326
State v. Rodriguez · 2011 MT 36
City of Missoula v. Sharp · 2015 MT 289
State v. Schatz · 634 P.2d 1193
In re D.R.B. · 320 Mont. 516
In Re DRB · 2004 MT 90
Hulse v. State, Department of Justice · 1998 MT 108
In Re the Suspension of Driver's License of Blake · 712 P.2d 1338
State v. Broken Rope · 925 P.2d 1157
State v. Hilgendorf · 2009 MT 158
State v. Collard · 951 P.2d 56
State v. Waite · 2006 MT 216
STATE, CITY OF GREAT FALLS v. Ross · 2008 MT 369

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