Matter of Rules on Disqualification

• Court: Montana Supreme Court
• Decided: November 20, 1989
• Status: Published

Opinion

- - 5- Po g z5 p ; rt. 2 'The Court's ?A.tention has k e n drawn to two clgi2ics m ., -,

tians ~ e e . t e d i- the Rules for t h e Sissua?,i".c;_tior~ a & : ' ~ u q B 2 <-3

stitntior of J u d g e s adapted by thi.s C ~ m r ton S e p t e n ec- 2 h .b a- . ,,- 11988, and new codified at 3-1-8'11 thrnugi- -8115z7,c:m - herticns 3-1-904 (1)i a j and (b), "!CAP are n c d k f i e r l as f%Zow,-s: C 4

ia) A xatio-: "ro silbstit~tlon of a $ + 1 + Y ~ - _ .-i. - :L, &* ,

judge s h l l be made by fiLicg a written motinn with i k -. clerk, as f o l i c w s : LA,.: st ~ k . ~ , . . , rlndersiy.re6 ilerehv -.loves f o r sill,ti.iiltinn . . of District Sudge - - - - in this case.' k cacv of the nation s h a L I be served uscn a >i *l .- parties tc the proceeding and the clerk shall *~ immediately n i i : the jueqe aad the rirst j u d g e in itfy jurisdiction, i f there has already been a rubstitu- kiorr. A"er a tine1,y ?icltion has been f i l , e d , the substitnted 3adqe shall have nn power to act on t h e merits of t h e cause or to d e c i d e Legal issues therein, ard shall call in m o t h e r j u d q e . However, a resident district ;udge who has previnusiy keen s.o~bstitutec': from "ihe case mas: agree to set the calendar, draw a i u r v , cs:nnduct a11 routine matters ineluding arrai-;-ireotcs, . e i r pretrial con- &trences in civil cases, and other matters which do i , -

not 90 thc n;erits of t h e c;;sc, if t h e jaiJqc ip j nrisdicticn a u t h n r i z c ? r t h e same. .' ( b ) The first urstric"-~*o ~ eltho l i s substituted or eisqua4.ified for cause s i . ~ a . l l h a v e . t h e d u t y of c 2 i l 4 . n g L-; a l l c;uhsequnot a1stri-t ,

jusges. In a r n o l t i - j u d g e court all other judses in that ccart shall be called, ir accordance with that court% iinterral operati-ig T L I ? O S ~ before a j u d g e - from another czstrict caurt is called in. It shell ~

be the dot:^ ef the clerk o f court to star~pthe name ~ $ t h e j;dqc? to whom t k ; e czso js assj-q-ec? 03 t h e 5 . face - ~ cf the i z i t i , c i L p l e a a r n q , coxplzint, order to . - .hnw c a a s e , or infcrmaticn, and a .-l c a n i n s thereof. i

IT ioilim;"R"fj that above ~ G F - ~ C ? ~ ? F I I ? C t.7 ss %he

. > '- and ( ) >%Cn, 2re effective as sf tl:e date o f this or2er, w h - Clerk of this C011j:t i s directed to - ? a i l opies of this order to ths failowiag: % ., c Pode Cormissioner o>"".~- S t 2 t e ? (ifp.

prnsi;icnr 2nd ~:.:ecutii-e Direc",or of t Montana Trial Lawyers Association. i ) p . ' _ ~ ";-is "S 8 T% ~ 6 "has. of Novercber, 19m9,