Ramsbacher v. Jim Palmer Trucking

2 Citing cases

  1. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Triple L, Inc.

    No. 21-35408 (9th Cir. May. 23, 2022)   Cited 1 times

    When the employer is at issue, Montana courts have uniformly used the control test. See, e.g., Ramsbacher v. Jim Palmer Trucking, 417 P.3d 313, 318 (Mont. 2018) (en banc); Brookins v. Mote, 292 P.3d 347, 355 (Mont. 2012); Papp v. Rocky Mountain Oils & Mins., 769 P.2d 1249, 1257 (Mont.

  2. The Associated Press v. Usher

    407 Mont. 290 (Mont. 2022)   Cited 1 times

    It is clear to me that Article V, Section 10(3), sets forth a general principle of openness in legislative deliberations, while Article II, Section 9, enshrines that principle as a fundamental right and thus provides heightened protection and an enforcement mechanism for citizens. See , e.g. , Ramsbacher v. Jim Palmer Trucking , 2018 MT 118, ¶ 14, 391 Mont. 298, 417 P.3d 313 ("The rights found in Article II ... are ‘fundamental,’ meaning those rights are significant components of liberty, any infringement of which will trigger ... the highest level of protection by the courts."). Our Constitution, after all, "encompasses a cohesive set of principles, carefully drafted and committed to an abstract ideal of just government.