The highest court in the state is the Montana Supreme Court. Montana judicial courts include:
Citations for Case Law
X vs. Y ___a____ ____b____ ____c____ (d)
a. Volume
b. Title of publication (see sample abbreviations at left)
c. Page number
d. Date in parenthesis
Citations for Statutes
____a____ ____b____ ____c____
a. Title number
b. Title of Publication
c. Section
“Parallel citations” means an entry show two sources
Example: 452 N.M. 383, 822 P.2d 535
(this is the same statute, one entry is in NM Reports and the other in Pacific Reporter)
For legal citations to be mentioned in a body of writing: use the “Blue Book”, which is titled A Uniform System of Citation (KF245.B58 2005 Reference).