Montana Supreme Court

Montana Supreme Court
Montana Supreme Court
	Seal of the Montana Supreme Court
Established	1864
Location	Helena, Montana
Composition method	Nonpartisan elections, midterm vacancies appointment by governor
Authorized by	Montana Constitution
Appeals to	Supreme Court of the United States
Judge term length	8 years
Number of positions	7
Website	Official website
Chief Justice
Currently	Mike McGrath
Since	January 5, 2009
Lead position ends	January 3, 2025

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The Montana Supreme Court is the highest court of the state court system in the U.S. state of Montana. It is established and its powers defined by Article VII of the 1972 Montana Constitution. It is primarily an appellate court which reviews civil and criminal decisions of Montana's trial courts of general jurisdiction and certain specialized legislative courts, only having original jurisdiction in a limited number of actions. The court's Chief Justice and six Associate Justices are elected by non-partisan, popular elections. The Montana Supreme Court meets in the Joseph P. Mazurek Building in Helena, Montana, the state's capital, an international style building completed in 1982 and named in the honor of former Montana Attorney General, Joseph P. Mazurek.^[1]

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