Montana Title 25. Civil Procedure MT R UNIF MUN CT A DIST CT Rule 15.Time for decision and oral argument

(a) District courts time for decision. The district court shall consider and decide appeals brought under these rules within a reasonable period of time after the filing of the reply brief permitted.

(b) Decision. The district court shall render a decision upon the record and briefs on appeal. The district court may affirm, reverse, or amend any appealed order or judgment and may direct the proper order or judgment to be entered or direct that a new trial or further proceeding be had in the municipal court from which the appeal was taken. The decision of the district court may be by order or by memorandum opinion. Form 3 in the Appendix of Forms is an example of disposition by order.

(c) Oral argument. Oral argument shall not be held except on order of the district court.

(d) Protective orders. A municipal court order issued pursuant to §§40-4-121 or 40-15-201, MCA, is immediately reviewable at chambers by the district court upon filing a notice of appeal. The district court may affirm, dissolve, or modify an order of the municipal court.