Matter of Internal Operating Rules

February 25 2010 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA ______________ IN RE THE MATTER OF OPINION FORMS ) AND CITATION STANDARDS OF THE ) ORDER SUPREME COURT OF MONTANA ) ___________ On December 16, 1997, this Court entered an order adopting a public domain and neutral-format citation form for its Opinions, to be used with all Opinions issued after January 1, 1998. As part of that order, the Court gave examples of proper citation format for Montana cases decided before January 1, 1998, in which, as was the Court’s practice at that time, the year of the opinion appeared immediately…