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Forced hysterectomy case likely to become moot issue

One of the more interesting legal issues to arise recently in Montana looks as though it’s going to be resolved out of court.

Earlier this month, the Montana Supreme Court stepped in to stop a court-ordered hysterectomy for a woman with cancer who had been judged incompetent to make decisions about her medical [...]

Weekend Cops and Courts Roundup: Heartbreaking discovery. Legal dilemma. Continuing saga of DUI, medical pot reform

It was a tough few days on the Cops and Courts beat last week.

The details in the caes involving story about the discovery of a young mother’s body after she’d lain beside her baby for hours were just heartbreaking:

A young woman found dead in a Paxson Street apartment appeared to have [...]