SELTZER v. MORTON

No. 05-378.

154 P.3d 561 (2007)

2007 MT 62

W. Steve SELTZER, Plaintiff, Appellant, and Cross-Respondent, v. Steve MORTON, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, and Dennis A. Gladwell, Defendants, Respondents, and Cross-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided March 12, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For Appellant: Alexander Blewett, III (argued), Joseph P. Cosgrove, Hoyt & Blewett, Great Falls, Montana.

For Respondents: Keith Strong (argued), Dorsey & Whitney, Great Falls, Montana, Gary L. Graham, Garlington, Lohn & Robinson, PLLP, Missoula, Montana, Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., John J. Swenson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Los Angeles California.

For Amicus Curiae: Lawrence A. Anderson, Attorney at Law, Great Falls, Montana (for the Montana Trial Lawyers Association), Leonard H. Smith, Kimberly S. More, Crowley, Haughey, Hanson, Toole & Dietrich, PLLP, Billings, Montana (for the Montana Defense Trial Lawyers, Inc.).


Justice JAMES C. NELSON delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 This appeal follows a civil jury trial conducted in the District Court of the Eighth Judicial District, Cascade County. The Plaintiff, W. Steve Seltzer ("Seltzer"), filed suit against Steve Morton ("Morton"), Dennis A. Gladwell ("Gladwell"), and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, L.L.P., ("GDC") (collectively "Defendants"), claiming that they had committed the torts of malicious prosecution and abuse of...

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