Legal Opinion

Cross Guns v. Eighth Judicial District Court

Montana Supreme Court

Decided June 13, 2017No. OP 17-0262PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court 1

OPINION AND ORDER

2Opinion of the Court · MckinnonJustice Mckinnon

¶1 Representing herself, Petitioner Roberta Cross Guns seeks a writ of review concerning an order of contempt entered April 14, 2017, in the Eighth Judicial District Court, Cascade County, the Honorable Gregory G. Pinski presiding. Cross Guns also requested a stay of the order, which imposed a $500 fine and $1,124.76 in costs. On May 12, 2017, this Court stayed that portion of the order requiring payment of the $500 fine.

PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL BACKGROUND

¶2 The instant contempt proceeding arises from Cross Guns’ failure to appear at a termination of parental rights hearing…

3Cases cited8 opinions

United States v. Charles Clark Marshall, IIICourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1971
State ex rel. Rankin v. District CourtMontana Supreme Court · 1920
In Re the Contempt of GraveleyMontana Supreme Court · 1980
State Ex Rel. Foss v. District Court of the Fourth Judicial DistrictMontana Supreme Court · 1985
Kauffman v. Montana Twenty-First Judicial District CourtMontana Supreme Court · 1998

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