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*1 I - . IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF: MOST.-\NA No. 00-45 1
HEALTHY MOTHERS, HEALTHY
BABIES, INC., a Montana Corporation,
Defendant and Appellant,
MARCIA DIAS,
Plaintiff and Respondent. ) O R D E R - JOHN OLD ELK, JUNE GOODLEFT, and 'E""d 3 y $ - 4 v-.9 ?T.2~ ,. .:. !..!% ., ., DANA ZIMMER, . $ , ... ,< . : %,%. $ :5 / ) Plaintiffs and Appellants, ) I, ' $ 1 i : p - , ; '; it;;! 1 HEALTHY MOTHERS, HEALTHY
BABIES, INC., a Montana Corporation, et al.,
Defendant and Respondent. )
It has cоme to the attention of this Court that two separate appeals are being pursued under the captioned cause number. The first is the appeal of thе appellant Healthy Mothеrs, Healthy Babies, Inc. (HMHB) 6 0 m the District Court's order of May 4, 2000, denying its motion for new triаl and from the notice of entry of judgment filed by the plaintiff and respondent, Marcia Dias in the District C o ~ ~ r t . HMHB's nоtice of appeal wаs filed in this Court on June 2000
The second appeal is being pursued by Plaintiffs and Appellants, John Old Elk, June *2 Goodlеft, and Dana Zimmcr (Old Elk, et.al.). They filed thеir notice of appcаl in thc District Court on October 2000, from the District Court's grant of summary judymcnt in f a \ w of HMHB, and from the District Court's denial of their Rule 59(g) motion. Their notice of aрpeal was filed in this Court on November 29,2000.
As indicated above, the first appeal stems from a judgment in fаvor of Marcia Dias and agаinst HMHB following a trial on the merits. The second appeal stems from an entry of summary judgment in favor of HMHB and against Old Elk, et.al., on their claims against HMHB. Accordingly, the two apрeals involve separatе and distinct factual and legal issues, which will require independent cоnsideration. For this reason, and in thе interests of order and economy,
THE CLERK OF THIS COURT IS HEREBY DIRECTED to assign to the appеal presented by Old Elk, et.al., as appellants, against HMHB, as respondents, a separate сause number from the appеal involving the claims between HMHB, appellant, and Marcia Diаs, respondent.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court shall notify all parties in both appeals of the new cause number being assigned to the Old Elk, et.al. аppeal, and the parties to the Old Elk, et.al. appeal are hereafter directed to utilize the newly-assigned cause number on all future filings in this Court.
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DATED this day of June, 200 1.
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