{"data":{"id":"us-mt/3-2-301","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"3-2-301","heading":"Who shall preside.","body":"The chief justice presides at all sessions of the supreme court, and in case of the chief justice's absence, the associate justice having the shortest term to serve presides.","path":["TITLE 3. JUDICIARY, COURTS","CHAPTER 2. SUPREME COURT","Part 3. Sessions of the Supreme Court"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0030/chapter_0020/part_0030/section_0010/0030-0020-0030-0010.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:43:33Z","sha256":"b232300b0502c59bbf2e00b60f70b2114a2d91320efde6188e182df7fd0ec3df","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/3-2-212","next":"us-mt/3-2-302"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}