Legal Opinion
Preston v. Montana Eighteenth Judicial District Court
Montana Supreme Court
Decided April 10, 1997No. 97-014PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION AND ORDER
2Opinion of the Court · LeaphartJustice Leaphart
Petitioner Jared Preston, petitions this Court pursuant to Rule 17, M.R.App.P., to issue awrit of supervisory control and vacate the order of the Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Gallatin County, limiting the scope of discovery. We vacate the District Court’s order to the extent that it limits the scope of Preston’s discovery.
We consider the following issue and subissues in this Opinion and Order:
1. Is a writ of supervisory control appropriate in this case?
a. Did the District Court err in denying discovery of evidence of substantially similar injuries caused by the same…
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