First Interstate Bank of Commerce v. Ward

The respondent, First Interstate Bank of Commerce, filed an action for a declaratory judgment and a preliminary injunction in the District Court for the Thirteenth Judicial District in Yellowstone County. The District Court granted the preliminary injunction. Marla R. Ward appeals. We reverse the District Court.

The dispositive issue on appeal is whether the District Court erred when it granted the preliminary injunction.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

In a dissolution action between Ted McFarland and Marla Ward, formerly Marla McFarland, District Court Judge Robert W. Holmstrom determined that the parties’…