Main March 26, 2014Killer bride Jordan Graham moves to withdraw murder plea claiming feds breached deal in sentencing arguments … UPDATE: motion denied!I am intrigued and amazed to learn via this local article, headlined “Newlywed asks to withdraw guilty
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DOJ Investigates Montana Prosecutor’s Office for Sexism
By Tracy Thomas
From LA Times: "Boys will be Boys" No Excuse, Feds Target Montana Handling of Rapes.The U.S. Department of Justice says it has uncovered "substantial evidence" that sexism in a Montana county attorney's office has led to prosecutors dropping rape…
You be the federal sentencing judge: “Newlywed Admits to Pushing Husband off Cliff”
Main September 10, 2013You be the federal sentencing judge: “Newlywed Admits to Pushing Husband off Cliff”The title of this post is drawn from the headline of this notable new local “real crime” story that is all the buzz this morning…
Young Montana Voters, Including Republicans, Lean Left on Social Issues
The New York Times: Young, Liberal and Open to Big Government, by Sheryl Gay Stolberg:MISSOULA, Mont. — This funky college town, nestled along two rivers where five mountain ranges converge, has long been a liberal pocket, an isolated speck…
Land Use Pedagogy in “Real Time”
Land use professors have aptly observed that the subject of land use lends itself well to the integration of theory and practice. (See, for example, past Land Use Prof postings on Nolon & Salkin’s scholarship and conference work dedicated…
Protecting Ag Land in the Big Sky State
Contributing to the growing national dialogue on agriculture and food law, the University of Montana’s Land Use Clinic recently issued a report on agricultural protection through local planning, regulation, and incentives. While portions of the report are specific to Montana, other…
Montana medicial marijuana activist gets (way-below-guideline?) probation sentence
Main September 7, 2012Montana medicial marijuana activist gets (way-below-guideline?) probation sentence As reported in this local article, headlined “Medical marijuana activist Daubert gets probation in federal drug case,” a high-profile federal defendant got a low-level punishment in Montana yesterday.…
Do we need a distinct rural land-use law?
I just returned from a short commute down to our other research and teaching laboratory in the southeastern part of our state (with Stephen Miller and the students from our Boise-based Economic Development Clinic). Of course, given Idaho’s geography,…
Best in Law Blogs : The LexBlog Network : December 30, 2011
With Colin O’Keefe in transit over the holiday weekend, I’m covering the best in the LexBlog Network from rainy Missoula, Montana. That’s right, it’s December 30, and instead of the typical snowy, frozen tundra that accompanies winter in Montana, we’re…
Best in Law Blogs : The LexBlog Network : June 9, 2011
I’ve spent the week working remotely from Missoula, MT, where flooding—although not nearly as bad as other places—has threatened the homes of residents who live alongside the normally tame and relatively shallow Clark Fork River. Today, Sean Minahan highlights a much…