Wyoming Supreme Court Decisions 2022
Date: December 30, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 165
Docket Number: S-22-0052
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the district court granting Father's petition to modify the parties' divorce decree by awarding Father primary physical custody of the children and restricting Mother's…
Date: December 30, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 166
Docket Number: S-22-0131
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the district court affirming the ruling of the district court affirming the decision of the Medical Commission upholding the order of the Department of Workforce Services…
Date: December 29, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 164
Docket Number: S-22-0100
Justia Opinion Summary: In this divorce action, the Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court denying Husband's motions to continue the bench trial and the court's division of marital property, holding that the district court…
Date: December 29, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 163
Docket Number: S-22-0113
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the district court dismissing this action brought by Sweetwater Station, LLC (Sweetwater) against the Sweetwater Station Homeowners Association (HOA) in this dispute over the…
Date: December 28, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 162
Docket Number: S-22-0095
Date: December 22, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 161
Docket Number: S-22-0160
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court reducing Joshua Anderle's sentence for sexual abuse of a minor by two years following his completion of the Youthful Offender Transition Program, holding that…
Date: December 21, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 160
Docket Number: S-22-0103
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed Defendant's conviction of two counts of aggravated assault for attempting to cause harm to others after he led law enforcement on a high-speed chase and nearly collided with with a patrol car…
Date: December 20, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 159
Docket Number: S-22-0041
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the district court granting summary judgment to Plaintiff on his claim of adverse possession of one-tenth of an acre of Defendants' property, holding that the district court did…
Date: December 19, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 158
Docket Numbers: S-22-0042, S-21-0045
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part Defendant's convictions for sexual abuse, holding that the failure of the instructions in this case to provide the specific direction necessary for a unanimous…
Date: December 13, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 156
Docket Number: S-21-0232
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the judgment of the district court convicting Defendant of second-degree murder after denying his motion to suppress, holding that the district court erred in…
Date: December 13, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 157
Docket Number: S-22-0085
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the district court relinquishing jurisdiction over a child custody dispute to Texas pursuant to Wyo. Stat. 20-5-306, holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion…
Date: December 12, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 155
Docket Number: S-21-0209
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the district court in favor of Plaintiff on its action for declaratory judgment and quiet title, concluding that a right-of-way and access easement over a twenty-foot-wide strip…
Date: December 6, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 153
Docket Number: S-22-0032
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the district court granting the petition filed by the Wyoming Department of Family Services (DFS) to terminate Father's parental rights, holding that Father was not entitled to…
Date: December 6, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 154
Docket Number: S-22-0083
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) denying Applicant's application for a concealed firearm permit renewal, holding that DCI's denial of Applicant's concealed firearm…
Date: December 1, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 152
Docket Number: S-21-0284
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed Defendant's conviction of aggravated assault and battery for shooting a man at a campground, holding that the district court erred when it refused to give Defendant's proposed "castle doctrine"…
Date: December 1, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 151
Docket Number: S-22-0053
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court granting summary judgment to Defendant and dismissing Plaintiff's action alleging that Defendant was liable as his co-employee "for reckless, willful, wanton…
Date: November 29, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 150
Docket Number: S-21-0215
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of district court granting summary judgment to Riverton Memorial Hospital, LLC and dismissing this complaint alleging that Hospital violated the now-repealed Wyoming Hospital Records…
Date: November 23, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 149
Docket Number: S-22-0055
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the district court allowing Wife trial counsel to withdraw from representation several weeks prior to a divorce bench trial, holding that the district court did not abuse its…
Date: November 23, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 147
Docket Number: S-22-0090
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court confirming an arbitration award involving a breach of a lease agreement after ruling that the arbitrator's determinations were not manifest error and were…
Date: November 23, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 148
Docket Number: S-22-0192
Date: November 22, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 146
Docket Number: S-22-0071
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the juvenile court's order changing the permanency plan for Mother and her two youngest children from family reunification to adoption, holding that the juvenile court did not abuse its…
Date: November 15, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 144
Docket Number: S-22-0067
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the district court awarding Mother primary physical custody of the parties' daughter, CP, holding that the district court's findings were sufficient to support the court's order…
Date: November 15, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 145
Docket Number: S-22-0074
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the district court holding that three roadside services offered by Big Al's Towing and Recovery were taxable under Wyo. Stat. Ann. 37-15-103(a)(i)(J), holding that the Wyoming…
Date: November 9, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 142
Docket Number: BA-06-4032
Date: November 9, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 143
Docket Number: S-22-0047
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's convictions for two counts of felony child endangerment and one count of misdemeanor possession of methamphetamine, holding that the prosecutor's comments during opening and closing…
Date: November 9, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 139
Docket Number: S-22-0070
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the district court granting the visitation action brought by Grandparents against Parents seeking visitation with their grandchildren, holding that the district court violated…
Date: November 9, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 141
Docket Numbers: S-22-0188, S-22-0187, S-22-0186, S-22-0185
Date: November 9, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 140
Docket Number: S-22-0191
Date: November 3, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 138
Docket Number: S-22-0078
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the district court entering judgment in favor of the Town of Dubois and dismissing Plaintiff's declaratory judgment action against the Town seeking to reclaim 30.17 acres of…
Date: November 2, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 136
Docket Number: D-22-0005
Date: November 2, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 137
Docket Number: D-22-0006
Date: November 2, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 135
Docket Number: S-22-0011
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court granting partial summary judgment to the Estate of Gale Iverson (the Estate) on its real property claims against Cherie Davidson-Eaton (Eaton), Mr. Iverson's…
Date: October 26, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 134
Docket Numbers: D-22-0004, D-22-0003
Date: October 26, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 116
Docket Numbers: S-21-0291, S-21-0267
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the district court ruling that North Silo Resources, LLC, the mineral lessee in this case, did not have standing to quiet title or to claim breach of its lease and that North…
Date: October 26, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 131
Docket Number: S-22-0165
Date: October 26, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 132
Docket Number: S-22-0168
Date: October 26, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 133
Docket Number: S-22-0170
Date: October 25, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 130
Docket Number: S-22-0049
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of second-degree sexual abuse of a minor and sentence of two consecutive terms of five to seven years in prison, holding that there was no error or abuse of discretion in…
Date: October 19, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 129
Docket Number: S-21-0290
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court convicting Defendant of felony shoplifting after a jury trial, holding that the district court did not err or abuse its discretion. On appeal, Defendant…
Date: October 17, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 128
Docket Number: S-22-0073
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the juvenile court ordering the permanency plan for minor siblings BP and CS be changed from reunification to adoption, holding that the juvenile court did not abuse its…
Date: October 11, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 126
Docket Number: S-22-0045
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court denying Defendant's pre-sentence motion to withdraw his plea of no contest to second-degree murder, holding that the district court did not abuse its…
Date: October 11, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 127
Docket Number: S-22-0093
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court denying Defendant's pro se motion for a sentence reduction filed under Wyo. R. Crim. P. 35(b), holding that the district court did not violate Defendant's…
Date: October 5, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 125
Docket Number: S-22-0157
Date: September 30, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 124
Docket Number: S-22-0018
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the State Board of Equalization affirming the decision of the Wyoming Department of Revenue disallowing a deduction of bagging costs from the taxable value of its bagged soda ash,…
Date: September 29, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 123
Docket Number: S-22-0012
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the Medical Commission Hearing Panel (Commission) upholding that decision of the Wyoming Workers' Compensation Division denying Claimant's request for permanent total disability…
Date: September 29, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 122
Docket Number: S-22-0017
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court affirming the decision of the Wyoming State Board of Equalization (Board) affirming the tax assessment set forth by the Wyoming Department of Revenue (DOR)…
Date: September 28, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 121
Docket Number: S-22-0001
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court convicting Defendant of burglary and other offenses, holding that the district court did not err admitting WiFi records showing Defendant's Apple iPhone…
Date: September 28, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 120
Docket Numbers: S-22-0151, S-22-0150
Date: September 27, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 119
Docket Number: S-21-0213
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court convicting Defendant of second-degree murder for the shooting death of his significant other, holding that there was no error in the proceedings…
Date: September 27, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 118
Docket Number: S-22-0102
Date: September 26, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 117
Docket Number: S-22-0016
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court granting summary judgment in favor of Defendant and dismissing Plaintiff's claims for unjust enrichment, constructive trust, and quiet title, holding that the…
Date: September 22, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 115
Docket Number: S-21-0241
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court dismissing Appellant's declaratory judgment action against Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon and the Wyoming Board of Parole, holding that the district court did…
Date: September 20, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 114
Docket Number: S-22-0021
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the juvenile court placing MBP, a juvenile, on supervised probation for three to six months after adjudicating him delinquent for fighting in public, holding that the juvenile…
Date: September 20, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 113
Docket Number: S-22-0064
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court convicting Defendant of felony property destruction, sentencing him to a term of imprisonment and probation, and ordering restitution in favor of the victim,…
Date: September 16, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 112
Docket Number: S-22-0030
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the district court granting summary judgment in favor of Defendants and dismissing Plaintiff's negligence action, holding that the district court properly granted summary judgment…
Date: September 13, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 111
Docket Number: S-22-0024
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of one count of felony property destruction and defacement, holding that there was sufficient evidence to support the conviction and that the prosecutor did not commit…
Date: September 9, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 110
Docket Number: S-21-0251
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of voluntary manslaughter, holding that the evidence was sufficient to sustain the conviction and that the district court did not err when it instructed the jury on…
Date: September 9, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 109
Docket Number: S-22-0013
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court convicting Defendant, after a jury trial, of second-degree murder and domestic battery, holding that the prosecutors' statements during opening and closing…
Date: September 8, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 107
Docket Number: S-21-0264
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the district court granting summary judgment in favor of Security State Bank (SSB) on its claims against Dellos Farms, Inc. and other related individuals and entities (Dellos…
Date: September 8, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 106
Docket Number: S-22-0022
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of aggravated assault and battery with a habitual criminal sentencing enhancement, holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion in admitting the State's…
Date: September 8, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 108
Docket Number: S-22-0124
Date: August 25, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 105
Docket Number: S-21-0288
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment the district court denying TEP Rocky Mountain LLC's (TEP RM) motion to dismiss this action, granting summary judgment to Record TJ Ranch Limited Partnership (TJ Ranch) on several…
Date: August 24, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 104
Docket Numbers: S-21-0269, S-21-0275
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the decision of the Wyoming Board of Equalization (Board) concluding that WPX Energy Rocky Mountain, LLC was entitled to deduct some of its "reservation fees,"…
Date: August 24, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 103
Docket Number: S-21-0278
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the district court determining that the procedures leading to the dismissal of Petitioner from the City of Rawlins Fire Department violated Petitioner's right to due process and…
Date: August 24, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 102
Docket Number: S-22-0097
Date: August 19, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 101
Docket Number: S-21-0294
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court finding that PNS Stores, Inc. d/b/a Big Lots breached a lease with Capital City Properties, LLC and breached the implied covenant of good faith and fair…
Date: August 19, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 100
Docket Number: S-21-0296
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the district court reversing the decision of the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) awarding Plaintiff permanent partial disability benefits (PPD) after she injured her…
Date: August 19, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 99
Docket Numbers: S-22-0008, S-20-0278
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court denying Appellant's motion filed under Wyo. R. App. P. 21 for a new trial based on ineffective assistance of counsel, holding that the district court did not…
Date: August 17, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 98
Docket Numbers: S-21-0279, S-21-0083, S-21-0082
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the district court denying Appellant's post-sentence motions to withdraw his no contest pleas in two separate dockets, holding that the district court did not abuse its…
Date: August 16, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 96
Docket Number: S-21-0243
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court finding that the Spence Group lacked standing to bring the underlying derivative action, holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion in…
Date: August 16, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 97
Docket Number: S-21-0292
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court terminating Carol and John Kennedys' guardianships of two children, including MCM, holding that the district court did not err in terminating the Kennedys'…
Date: August 5, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 95
Docket Number: S-22-0015
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the district court affirming the judgment of the Board of County Commissioners of Park County approving Trial County Telephone Association, Inc.'s (TCT) application for a special…
Date: August 2, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 94
Docket Number: S-21-0262
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the district court adjudicating JP delinquent and the corresponding order of disposition, holding that Defendant did not receive ineffective assistance of counsel when his attorney…
Date: July 26, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 93
Docket Number: S-21-0248
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of one count of sexual assault in the third degree, holding that the district court did not err when it allowed the State to amend the felony information before…
Date: July 20, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 91
Docket Number: S-22-0081
Date: July 20, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 92
Docket Number: S-22-0099
Date: July 18, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 90
Docket Number: S-21-0244
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the district court sentencing Defendant to the maximum term of fifteen to twenty years for aggravated vehicular homicide and a concurrent six months for driving under the…
Date: July 14, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 89
Docket Number: S-21-0285
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of attempted first-degree arson, entered after a jury trial, holding that the evidence was sufficient to support the conviction and that the district court did not commit…
Date: July 14, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 88
Docket Number: S-22-0033
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court modifying Father's child support order and ordering Father to pay $4,596.71 in child support arrears, holding that the district court did not abuse its…
Date: July 6, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 86
Docket Number: S-21-0188
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction for misdemeanor stalking and strangulation of a household member, entered upon his guilty plea, holding that Defendant gave a sufficient factual basis to support his…
Date: July 6, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 87
Docket Number: S-21-0230
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the district court denying Robert Gill's motion to enforce a judgment confirming arbitration awards entered against Elizabeth Lockhart, holding that there was no error in the…
Date: June 29, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 85
Docket Number: D-21-0005
Date: June 29, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 84
Docket Number: S-22-0061
Date: June 28, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 83
Docket Number: S-21-0246
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of felony possession of marijuana, entered following Defendant's conditional guilty plea, holding that the initial traffic stop of Defendant in this case comported with…
Date: June 27, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 82
Docket Number: S-21-0238
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of the district court granting summary judgment in favor of Defendant on her counterclaim for breach of contract in this legal malpractice lawsuit, holding that there was a genuine…
Date: June 27, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 81
Docket Number: S-21-0256
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the Wyoming Workers' Safety and Compensation Division denying coverage for Claimant's thoracic spine treatment, holding that the Medical Commission's decision was supported by…
Date: June 24, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 80
Docket Number: S-21-0255
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the juvenile court adjudicating BC-K, a minor, a delinquent, holding that because the legislature did not unequivocally state that a juvenile court loses subject matter…
Date: June 23, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 79
Docket Number: S-21-0257
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the probate court denying the motion for an order to show cause filed by Cynthia Soames, the personal representative of her brother's estate, against Dick Gifford, the estate's…
Date: June 22, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 78
Docket Number: S-22-0048
Date: June 16, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 72
Docket Number: S-21-0161
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the decision of the district court granting summary judgment to Family Tree Corporation and JD4, LLC (collectively, Family Tree) and dismissing Skyco Resources,…
Date: June 16, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 77
Docket Numbers: S-21-0195, S-21-0194
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the district court denying Defendant's motion to suppress evidence obtained after law enforcement entered her home without a warrant or consent, holding that the district court…
Date: June 16, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 74
Docket Number: S-21-0226
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree, holding that Defendant failed to establish that the district court committed plain error by allowing certain…
Date: June 16, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 75
Docket Number: S-21-0253
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court denying Diana Myers's Wyo. R. Crim. P. 60(b)(6) motion seeking relief from the parties' martial settlement agreement and divorce decree, holding that the…
Date: June 16, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 73
Docket Number: S-21-0265
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed Mother's appeal from two juvenile court permanency and review orders and from the juvenile court's decision denying her motion to close the case for want of jurisdiction, holding that none of…
Date: June 16, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 76
Docket Number: S-21-0276
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court denying Defendant's motion to correct an illegal sentence, holding that there was no error. Defendant was convicted of three counts of first-degree sexual…
Date: June 10, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 71
Docket Number: S-21-0236
Justia Opinion Summary: Mother sought sole legal and physical custody of the children, born in 2014 and 2018, plus child support and medical support. Father was properly served but failed to respond. The court held a default hearing. Father,…
Date: June 8, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 70
Docket Number: D-22-0002
Date: June 8, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 68
Docket Number: S-21-0150
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court granting summary judgment on Defendant's claim of juror misconduct in his petition for postconviction relief, holding that the district court did not err in…
Date: June 8, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 69
Docket Number: S-22-0023
Date: June 7, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 67
Docket Number: S-21-0203
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court denying Defendants' renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law and request for a new trial in this negligence action, holding that there was no error or…
Date: June 3, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 66
Docket Number: S-21-0214
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court affirming the decision of the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) upholding the Wyoming Workers' Compensation Division's denial of Appellant's request for…
Date: May 27, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 65
Docket Number: S-21-0204
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the orders entered by the district court in this divorce case, holding that there was no error in the proceedings below. On appeal, Husband argued that the district court erred by enforcing…
Date: May 25, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 64
Docket Number: S-21-0163
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of six counts of first degree sexual assault, two counts of sexual exploitation of a child, and one count of blackmail, holding that there was no error in the proceedings…
Date: May 25, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 63
Docket Number: S-22-0037
Date: May 23, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 62
Docket Number: S-21-0193
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court convicting Defendant, following a jury trial, of various methamphetamine-related offenses and sentencing him to four to eight years in prison, holding that…
Date: May 17, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 61
Docket Numbers: S-20-0273, S-21-0208
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of one count of felony possession of a deadly weapon with unlawful intent, holding that there was no error in the proceedings below. Defendant pleaded nolo contendre to…
Date: May 13, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 60
Docket Number: S-21-0207
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court ruling that pursuant to the doctrine of merger, the parties in this case held certain property as joint tenants with rights of survivorship, holding that the…
Date: May 12, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 59
Docket Number: S-21-0159
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the judgment of the district court in this complaint against the Trustees of the Beckton Ranch Trust (BRT) seeking declaratory judgment, damages for breach of…
Date: May 6, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 58
Docket Numbers: S-21-0143, S-21-0142
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court in this dispute about who owned an undeveloped .53-acre parcel in Teton Village and whether it should be sold or conserved, holding that there was no…
Date: May 5, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 57
Docket Number: S-21-0170
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court dismissing this complaint alleging negligence for failure to state a claim, holding that there was no error. Neva Larue Moses negligently collided with…
Date: April 28, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 56
Docket Number: S-21-0173
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court modifying an arbitration award compensating Appellant, a rancher, for calf damage he sustained during the 2018 grazing season as a result of grizzly bear…
Date: April 26, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 55
Docket Number: S-21-0149
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the Wyoming Public Service Commission (PSC) administering the Wyoming Universal Service Fund (WUSF) for the 2020-2021 fiscal year, holding that the PSC's order was lawful. It…
Date: April 20, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 53
Docket Number: D-19-0011
Date: April 20, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 54
Docket Number: S-21-0123
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed in part and affirmed in part the decision of the district court granting summary judgment for Meritain Health, Inc., and dismissing David Peterson's claims against Meritain, holding that there…
Date: April 20, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 51
Docket Number: S-21-0176
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the district court convicting Defendant of possession of marijuana, holding that the traffic stop in this case was unreasonable under the totality of the…
Date: April 20, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 52
Docket Number: S-22-0003
Date: April 14, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 50
Docket Number: S-21-0175
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the district court denying Plaintiff's motion to peremptorily disqualify the judge assigned to her case, holding that the district court erred by denying Plaintiff's…
Date: April 11, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 49
Docket Number: S-21-0122
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of possession of marijuana, aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude, reckless endangering, and interference with a peace officer, holding that the district court did…
Date: April 6, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 45
Docket Number: S-21-0097
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of three counts of delivery of a controlled substance, holding that the exclusion of "distilled spirits, wine, malt beverages, or tobacco" from the Wyoming Controlled…
Date: April 6, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 48
Docket Number: S-21-0178
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court convicting Defendant of possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana, and interference with a peace officer, holding that there was sufficient…
Date: April 6, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 46
Docket Number: S-21-0280
Date: April 6, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 47
Docket Number: S-21-0289
Date: April 5, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 44
Docket Number: S-21-0180
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court granting summary judgment in favor of Expert Training, LLC after Plaintiff settled with all other defendants in her personal injury lawsuit, holding that the…
Date: March 31, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 43
Docket Number: S-21-0166
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court ruling that Jill and Shane Ailport (together, Grandparents), the grandparents of five children (collectively, Children), did not prove their right to…
Date: March 24, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 42
Docket Number: S-21-0191
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the district court dismissing Appellants' petition for review of a decision of the Board of County Commissioners, Lincoln County under Wyo. R. App. P. 12 and Wyo. Stat. Ann.…
Date: March 22, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 40
Docket Number: S-21-0113
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the district court granting summary judgment to Michael McDill on his request that the district court confirm that his brother, Thomas McDill, was excluded as a beneficiary under…
Date: March 22, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 39
Docket Number: S-21-0200
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) affirming the denial of Appellant's request for benefits related to her injury, holding that substantial evidence supported the…
Date: March 22, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 41
Docket Number: S-21-0206
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court convicting Defendant of felony child endangerment, holding that the evidence was sufficient to support the conviction. After a bench trial, the district…
Date: March 21, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 38
Docket Number: S-21-0186
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court denying Mother's petition filed on behalf of her minor child, SGN, for a change of surname, holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion by…
Date: March 14, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 37
Docket Number: S-21-0168
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court denying Appellant's motion for sentence reduction pursuant to Wyo. R. Crim. P. 35(b), holding that the district court properly found that it lacked…
Date: March 11, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 36
Docket Number: S-21-0119
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the Medical Commission Panel denying Appellant's application for additional benefits and an increase to her impairment rating, holding that the Medical Panel's decision was not…
Date: March 9, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 35
Docket Number: D-22-0001
Date: March 9, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 34
Docket Number: S-21-0237
Date: March 8, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 33
Docket Number: S-21-0189
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the juvenile court denying RH's petition for expungement of his record pursuant to Wyo. Stat. Ann. 14-6-241, holding that the district court erred in interpreting sections…
Date: March 2, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 32
Docket Number: S-21-0181
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of the district court modifying Father's child support obligation, holding that the court abused its discretion by modifying child support without first having sufficient information…
Date: March 2, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 31
Docket Number: S-21-0196
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the district court denying Defendant's request for a hearing to show cause and denying his application to remove an interlock device in his car, holding that the district court…
Date: March 1, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 30
Docket Number: S-21-0147
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the district court compelling Defendant to pay $63,428 in restitution to the victim of his offense, Rafael Magana, holding that the district court did not err or abuse its…
Date: February 28, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 29
Docket Number: S-21-0151
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the juvenile court changing the permanency plan for Mother and her three children from family reunification to termination of parental rights and adoption, holding that the…
Date: February 25, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 28
Docket Number: S-21-0132
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the district court ruling that Charlene Hassler had breached a court-modified agreement and granting summary judgment for Circle C Resources on its breach of a noncompete…
Date: February 23, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 27
Docket Number: S-21-0254
Date: February 18, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 26
Docket Number: S-21-0126
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court dividing the marital property of Husband and Wife, holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion in its division of marital property. After a…
Date: February 10, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 24
Docket Numbers: S-21-0118, S-21-0117
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the juvenile court changing the permanency plan for Mother and Father's children, SMD and SND, from reunification to adoption, holding that the juvenile court did not abuse its…
Date: February 10, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 25
Docket Number: S-21-0172
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the district court's denial of Defendant's motion to correct an illegal sentence, holding that the district court did not err in denying Defendant's motion. After a jury trial, Defendant was…
Date: February 9, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 23
Docket Number: S-21-0121
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the district court reversing the decision of the Board of Trustees of Lincoln County School District Number Two dismissing Wyatt Earling from his teaching position pursuant to…
Date: February 4, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 22
Docket Number: S-21-0160
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the district court denying Father's petition to modify child custody, holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion. On appeal, Father argued that the district…
Date: February 2, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 18
Docket Number: D-21-0003
Date: February 2, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 20
Docket Number: D-21-0004
Date: February 2, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 21
Docket Number: S-21-0071
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the district court granting summary judgment in favor of the Board of County Commissioners of Laramie County and Laramie County Assessor Kenneth Guille (collectively, the County)…
Date: February 2, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 19
Docket Number: S-21-0233
Date: February 1, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 17
Docket Number: S-21-0111
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of aggravated assault and battery and misdemeanor interference with a peace officer, holding that there was sufficient evidence to support the conviction and that…
Date: January 31, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 16
Docket Number: S-21-0080
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed Defendant's conviction for third-degree sexual assault and false imprisonment, holding that the district court erred in denying Defendant's motion to transfer his case to juvenile…
Date: January 31, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 15
Docket Number: S-21-0152
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court denying Appellant's motion to dismiss the State's complaint seeking the forfeiture of currency the State seized from him, holding that the district court had…
Date: January 28, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 14
Docket Number: S-21-0140
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the district court ruling that Western Wyoming Beverages, Inc. (WWB) would likely succeed on the merits of its claim that Jorge Malave, its employee, had breached his noncompete…
Date: January 27, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 13
Docket Number: S-21-0153
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the district court dismissing this personal injury lawsuit as untimely, holding that the district court erred in ruling that Wyo. Stat. Ann. 1-3-118 did not apply to Plaintiff's…
Date: January 26, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 12
Docket Numbers: S-21-0050, S-20-0160
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction for felony murder, second-degree murder, aggravated burglary, and possession of a deadly weapon but remanded the cause for correction of an illegal sentence, holding that…
Date: January 25, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 11
Docket Number: S-21-0155
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court affirming the decision of the Medical Commission upholding the denial of Appellant's request for benefits, holding that there was substantial evidence to…
Date: January 24, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 10
Docket Number: S-21-0108
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court concluding that the lease of property in this case did not violate Appellants' first refusal to purchase the property, holding that the district court did not…
Date: January 18, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 9
Docket Number: S-21-0135
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the district court granting summary judgment to the City of Lander and dismissing Plaintiffs' negligence claim on grounds of governmental immunity, holding that the district…
Date: January 14, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 8
Docket Number: S-21-0056
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court awarding Father sole custody of the parties' daughter and denying Mother's request to end supervised visitation, holding that there was no error. The court…
Date: January 13, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 7
Docket Number: S-21-0012
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of four felonies - one count of attempted second degree sexual abuse of a minor and three counts of third degree sexual abuse of a minor - holding that Defendant validly…
Date: January 12, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 6
Docket Number: S-21-0198
Date: January 12, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 5
Docket Number: S-21-0212
Date: January 11, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 3
Docket Number: S-21-0074
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court awarding David Cook custody of the two minor children he shared with Charmaine Parker, holding that the district court did not err. When Cook and Parker…
Date: January 11, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 4
Docket Number: S-21-0089
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed Defendant's conviction for aggravated assault and battery, holding that a new trial was required because the district court abused its discretion by admitting certain testimony that prejudiced…
Date: January 5, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 1
Docket Number: D-20-0008
Date: January 5, 2022
Citation: 2022 WY 2
Docket Number: S-21-0125
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court dismissing Plaintiff's complaint against Defendants for breach of an agreement, holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing the…
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