United States District Court for the District of Montana

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United States district court federal trial court

The United States District Court for the District of Montana is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising under federal law within the state of Montana.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
United States District Court for the District of Montana canonical	17
Billings Division of the United States District Court for the District of Montana	1
Great Falls Division of the United States District Court for the District of Montana	1
Helena Division of the United States District Court for the District of Montana	1
Missoula Division of the United States District Court for the District of Montana	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T587404 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: United States District Court for the District of Montana
Context triple: [United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, reviewsDecisionsOf, United States District Court for the District of Montana]

A. United States District Court for the District of Idaho
The United States District Court for the District of Idaho is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising under federal law within the state of Idaho.
B. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the eastern region of Washington State.
C. United States District Court for the District of Nevada
The United States District Court for the District of Nevada is the federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising under federal law in the state of Nevada.
D. United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
The United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the southern region of West Virginia.
E. United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit is a federal appellate court that reviews cases from district courts in six western and central states, including Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, and Wyoming.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: United States District Court for the District of Montana
Target entity description: The United States District Court for the District of Montana is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising under federal law within the state of Montana.

A. United States District Court for the District of Idaho
The United States District Court for the District of Idaho is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising under federal law within the state of Idaho.
B. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the eastern region of Washington State.
C. United States District Court for the District of Nevada
The United States District Court for the District of Nevada is the federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising under federal law in the state of Nevada.
D. United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
The United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the southern region of West Virginia.
E. United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit is a federal appellate court that reviews cases from district courts in six western and central states, including Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, and Wyoming.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States district court ⓘ federal trial court ⓘ
abbreviation	D. Mont. ⓘ
appealsTo	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ⓘ
appellateCourt	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ⓘ
authorizedJudgeships	3 ⓘ
chiefJudge	Brian Morris ⓘ
circuit	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ⓘ surface form: Ninth Circuit
clerkOfCourtOffice	Billings ⓘ surface form: Billings, Montana
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
courtType	trial court ⓘ
createdBy	United States Congress ⓘ
established	1889 ⓘ
handles	civil cases ⓘ criminal cases ⓘ
hasDivision	Billings Division ⓘ Butte Division ⓘ Great Falls Division ⓘ Helena Division ⓘ Missoula Division ⓘ
hears	cases arising under federal statutes ⓘ cases arising under the Constitution of the United States ⓘ cases involving the United States as a party ⓘ diversity jurisdiction cases ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal law ⓘ
location	Billings ⓘ surface form: Billings, Montana Butte, Montana ⓘ Great Falls, Montana ⓘ Helena, Montana, United States ⓘ surface form: Helena, Montana Missoula ⓘ surface form: Missoula, Montana
partOf	United States district courts ⓘ surface form: United States District Court system federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
seal	Seal of the United States District Court for the District of Montana ⓘ
state	Montana ⓘ
subordinateTo	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
territorialJurisdiction	Montana ⓘ surface form: state of Montana
uses	United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure ⓘ rules of evidence for the federal courts ⓘ surface form: Federal Rules of Evidence
website	https://www.mtd.uscourts.gov/ ⓘ

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Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit → reviewsDecisionsOf → United States District Court for the District of Montana ⓘ

District of Montana → officialName → United States District Court for the District of Montana ⓘ

Billings Division → partOf → United States District Court for the District of Montana ⓘ

Billings Division → governingBody → United States District Court for the District of Montana ⓘ

Butte Division → partOf → United States District Court for the District of Montana ⓘ

Butte Division → governingBody → United States District Court for the District of Montana ⓘ

Great Falls Division → partOf → United States District Court for the District of Montana ⓘ

Great Falls Division → hasParentCourt → United States District Court for the District of Montana ⓘ

Great Falls Division → governingBody → United States District Court for the District of Montana ⓘ

Helena Division → partOf → United States District Court for the District of Montana ⓘ

Helena Division → governingBody → United States District Court for the District of Montana ⓘ

Seal of the United States District Court for the District of Montana → represents → United States District Court for the District of Montana ⓘ

Seal of the United States District Court for the District of Montana → usedBy → United States District Court for the District of Montana ⓘ

Seal of the United States District Court for the District of Montana → usedIn → United States District Court for the District of Montana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Billings Division of the United States District Court for the District of Montana

Seal of the United States District Court for the District of Montana → usedIn → United States District Court for the District of Montana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Falls Division of the United States District Court for the District of Montana

Seal of the United States District Court for the District of Montana → usedIn → United States District Court for the District of Montana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Helena Division of the United States District Court for the District of Montana

Seal of the United States District Court for the District of Montana → usedIn → United States District Court for the District of Montana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Missoula Division of the United States District Court for the District of Montana

Seal of the United States District Court for the District of Montana → governingBody → United States District Court for the District of Montana ⓘ

Missoula Division → partOf → United States District Court for the District of Montana ⓘ

Brian Morris → employer → United States District Court for the District of Montana ⓘ

Brian Morris → jurisdiction → United States District Court for the District of Montana ⓘ

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