Legal Opinion
Gonzales v. City of Bozeman
Montana Supreme Court
Decided August 24, 2009No. DA 08-0566PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice McGRATH
¶1 Leah Gonzales appeals from the July 30, 2008, orders of the District Court of the Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Gallatin County, granting summary judgment to the defendants. We affirm.
¶2 Gonzales raises several issues on appeal that we restate as follows:
¶3 Issue One: Whether the District Court properly concluded that the public duty doctrine bars Gonzales’ claims.
¶4 Issue Two: Whether Gonzales was unlawfully arrested.
PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL BACKGROUND
¶5 On the evening of April 3, 2005, Gonzales was the lone clerk at a Town Pump store on East Main Street in Bozeman, Montana. At 9:55…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Nelson v. DriscollMontana Supreme Court · 1999
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