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Montana Green Party will be on 2022 ballot, judge orders

4/5/2022

 

Sam Wilson   Apr 1, 2022 Updated Apr 2, 2022

PicturePhoto by Thom Bridge
A federal judge in Helena has ruled that the Green Party will be on Montana ballots in 2022, following an appeals court ruling in November that nixed a portion of the state’s law setting out qualifications for minor parties.
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“The successful state court actions by the Democratic Party in the 2016 and 2020 cycles effectively destroyed the Green Party as an organization,” Quentin Rhoades, the party's lead attorney in the federal case, wrote in an email Thursday. “Their constituents had become scattered, divided, leaderless. The federal court result will give Green Party leaders time and an opportunity to put their organization back together for 2024.”

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Daily Montanan Article About Rhoades & Erickson Case

2/8/2022

 

​Montana PSC considers new garbage hauling service in Missoula

​BY: KEILA SZPALLER
. . . Last week, Quentin Rhoades, a lawyer representing L&L, and Bill Mercer, a lawyer representing Republic, made their arguments to the Public Service Commission and responded to questions about the case. The PSC regulates monopoly entities in the state and will decide if the public in Missoula County needs another trash company. Mercer is also a state Republican lawmaker from Billings.

​Rhoades, with Rhoades and Erickson, said eight major customers in Missoula County including the airport said they were not happy with the service Republic provided, the price, or both, and he said L&L has proven it can enter a similar market and succeed, pointing to Gallatin County. In Missoula, L&L wants to do business as Grizzly Disposal and Recycling.
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“L&L is able to handle that kind of growth and has been very successful in managing it,” Rhoades said.

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Client Case in the Missoulian

10/19/2021

 

Trash disposal company seeks to compete with Republic Services in Missoula

by David Erickson
A Bozeman-based residential trash removal service, L&L Site Services, is once again asking the state government to allow it to compete with Republic Services, the only garbage disposal company in Missoula.
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The Montana Public Service Commission began a weeklong hearing Monday about the matter.

Republic Services, one of the largest such companies in the country, has a monopoly on the service in Missoula County and owns the landfill.

Lance Johnson, the owner of L&L Site Services, wants to compete in Missoula and says his company can provide lower prices and improved services. Under Montana law, motor carrier companies that provide a public service and use public roads, such as taxi providers and garbage haulers, are allowed to have a monopoly in certain communities unless a competitor can prove that there is a demonstrable need and they can improve the service.

The five-member commission will now decide whether Missoula would be better served by having competition.

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Quentin Rhoades case on News Talk KGVO

7/22/2021

 

Charges Dismissed Against Missoula Woman after Abortion Protest

Newstalk KGVO.com
Marilyn Hatch, a Missoula pro-life advocate, was charged with a misdemeanor after allegedly standing too close to the entrance of the Blue Mountain Women’s Clinic while protesting legal abortion.
The charges against Hatch were dismissed after Thomas More Society attorneys sent a demand letter to the Senior Deputy City Attorney of Missoula pointing out that the ordinance the charges were based upon is unconstitutional.
Attorney Matt Heffron spoke to KGVO News after the charges against Hatch were dismissed.
...
Heffron said the Thomas More Society couldn’t get a response from the Missoula City Attorney’s office, so they contacted local attorney Quentin Rhoades.
“We hired a real good attorney there in Missoula named Quentin Rhoades and he tried to get in touch with them. He was also having trouble getting in touch, and then he filed a motion to dismiss, which basically just put our letter into a motion. And after that, apparently it got the attention of someone down there because they voluntarily dismissed the case.”

Read More: Charges Dismissed Against Missoula Woman after Abortion Protest | https://newstalkkgvo.com/charges-dismissed-against-missoula-woman-after-abortion-protest/?fbclid=IwAR1HixdtQXYq-ScHj47uc4kcmovXCjx7flGFyRGc8EprGOHDKZjCUN5618E&utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral

Quentin Rhoades case in The Missoulian

4/2/2021

 

Missoula County pushes back against election questions

by Jordan Hansen
Missoula County is pushing back hard against assertions by a local Republican-backed group that there were issues in the 2020 election in the county.

The group, led by Rep. Brad Tschida, R-Missoula, says 4,592 ballots countywide did not have affirmation envelopes, which need to be signed by voters and are used in the verification process.
. . . 
Rep. Tschida recently sent a letter to Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen detailing what he believes constitutes fraud in the Missoula County election. He retained a local lawyer, Quentin Rhoades, prior to the election.

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Quentin Rhoades case in The Epoch Times

3/27/2021

 
BY JOHN R. LOTT JR. AND REALCLEARINVESTIGATIONS

A River of Doubt Runs Through Mail Voting in Montana

MISSOULA COUNTY, Mont.—A mountainous, 2,600-square-mile region with a population of approximately 119,600 does not seem like your prototypical setting for machine politics. Yet a recent audit of mail-in ballots cast there found irregularities characteristic of larger urban centers—on a level that could have easily swung local elections in 2020, and statewide elections in cycles past.
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In response, in October 2020, several county residents with experience targeting election integrity issues formed a group to ensure the legitimacy of the 2020 vote. The members contended that Missoula County had shown anomalies in elections past.

In November, the group approached state Rep. Brad Tschida, a Republican, to formally take up the issue. Tschida hired a lawyer involved in the group, Quentin Rhoades, to represent him in corresponding with Missoula County Elections Administrator Bradley Seaman, a Democratic appointee and a longtime supporter of progressive causes.

Seaman’s office complied with Tschida’s request for access to all of the county’s ballot envelopes, and on Jan. 4 a team of volunteers, overseen by Rhoades, conducted an audit with the assistance of the Missoula County Elections Office. The audit consisted of both a count and review of all ballot envelopes and comparing that to the number of officially recorded votes during the Nov. 3, 2020, general election.

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Article about lawsuit filed by Quentin Rhoades

12/14/2020

 

Lawsuit Filed to Block Governor Steve Bullock’s COVID Mandates

Picture
Peter Christian
Published: December 14, 2020

A group in Bozeman working with an attorney in Missoula filed a lawsuit in Helena District Court on Monday to block Governor Steve Bullock’s COVID 19 mandates regarding masks and that forced bars, taverns and restaurants to limit capacity and hours.

​Missoula attorney Quentin Rhoades is representing Stand Up Montana, Baker Engineering and Structures, Liberty Fellowship, The Filling Station and one individual, Jane Rectenwald.

Rhoades described the lawsuit to KGVO News.

Read More: Lawsuit Filed to Block Governor Steve Bullock’s COVID Mandates | https://newstalkkgvo.com/lawsuit-filed-to-block-governor-steve-bullocks-covid-mandates/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral

Attorney educates residents on self-defense legalities

11/13/2020

 
By Henry Netherland
Pathfinder 
​November 12, 2020
SWAN VALLEY - Missoula Attorney Quentin Rhoades showed Condon residents how they can legally defend themselves and their property during the second Neighborhood Watch meeting on Thursday, Nov. 5 in the Swan Valley Community Hall.
Photo by Henry Netherland, PathfinderPhoto by Henry Netherland, Pathfinder
[...] Rhoades said in cases of self-defense, there is a "100%" chance of a civil suit being brought forward. Even if the use of force is considered justified, a jury could still find said force negligent and would have the shooter relinquish their assets to satisfy the claim. He said there are three ways to prevent this relinquishment.
The first step is having homeowners and liability insurance, which would cover negligence. How much one should carry would depend on his or her home replacement value. On top of that, residents can get an umbrella policy, which Rhoades said "are usually pretty cheap," that would not only cover penalties covered by homeowners insurance, but also in cases where excess judgment occurs.

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Hunters join claims in 2018 Roosevelt Fire

9/15/2020

 

Buckrail.com Sep 11, 2020

WYOMING — The family of two hunters injured in the 2018 Roosevelt Fire near Bondurant, Wyoming are filing a personal injury claim against the Bridger-Teton National Forest. The men allege that Forest Service officials did not take appropriate action to fight the fire that started September 15, the opening day of deer season.
[...]
Quentin Rhoades of Rhoades Siefert & Erickson said he and his partners are representing the Knezovich’s of Rock Springs, Wyoming in the personal injury claim. Rhoades said the Forest Service knew, or should have known, the fire was human-caused and should have taken swift action to fight it. Forest Service policy and practice requires the agency to aggressively fight human-caused fires. “It’s the standard of care for human-caused fires,” Rhoades said.
​Lightning strike records available at the time from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) severe weather web site showed the last lightning strike in the area was August 28. Firefighters were available who were just leaving a nearby fire that same day.
Rhoades is representing the Knezovich’s and most of 30 more claimants who are filing tort claims against the Forest Service under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) said Frank Carroll, managing partner at Professional Forest Management, a wildfire consultancy assisting with the Roosevelt fire claims.

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Article about Quentin Rhoades representing NBC Montana

11/11/2019

 

Judge lifts stay in case over spending on water company condemnation

by NBC Montana Staff
Wednesday, November 6th 2019
Read Full Article Here: https://nbcmontana.com/news/local/judge-lifts-stay-in-case-over-spending-on-water-company-condemnation
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MISSOULA, Mont. — New information in our fight to track how our local government spends your money.
We’ve never been able to give you a detailed accounting of over $9 million taxpayers spent on attorney fees to take over Missoula’s privately owned water company from its former owner, the Carlyle Group. The city says it’s confidential information.
Now a Missoula County District Court judge has ruled Quentin Rhoades, a Missoula attorney representing NBC Montana in this case, can finally argue it in court.
Last year, the same judge put a hold on our case until Judge Karen Townsend ruled on attorney’s fees and the city’s claims the Carlyle Group charged too much. She did in August.
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In September, attorney Quentin Rhoades filed another motion asking the judge to let our case be heard in court.
Wednesday, Judge Dusty Deschamps lifted his stay. In his order he writes, “the controversy before this Court involves a constitutional right of the public to know how its tax dollars are being spent.”
The mayor said initially he thought the bill to condemn Mountain Water would be about $400,000.
Throughout the entire condemnation process we asked for invoices, billing statements and expert witness fees paid by taxpayers to private law firms hired by the city. The city denied our requests.
Attorneys for the city and for NBC Montana will now schedule hearings and proceed with the litigation.
We will continue to work for you and let you know what happens next.


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