WYOMING PUBLIC SERVICE COMM. v. HOPKINS

Nos. 5125, 5125A.

602 P.2d 374 (1979)

WYOMING PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, Appellant (One of defendants below), v. Wayne D. HOPKINS, Louis S. Michelina, L. C. Garretson, Bonnie Voiles, Dorothy Cook, Will Mitchell, Bernice E. Peyrot, Melvin C. Focht, Kim Rice, Mrs. Harry Rasmussun, Russell Snider, Kelly Rice, Robert Sickler, Carrine Pence, Don L. Roush, Mrs. H. O. Hudson, Mrs. Mike Kuzara, Mrs. Vernon Tietjen, Mrs. Gail Eaton, Mrs. Henry Baumgartner, Paul J. Auzqui, Ross L. Frady, William C. Campbell, Ray C. Yates, James R. Evans, James P. Myers, Mrs. Tony Rosalez, Sandy McKenzie, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wood, James and Vida Ann Roebling, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Dexter, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Jennings, Herbert Arndt, Bud Crawford, Mr. and Mrs. Mary Betz, Mr. and Mrs. Lenney Gray, Mr. and Mrs. K. L. Korp, Mr. and Mrs. August Panian, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Panian, Alex Kaufmann, L. A. Wuthier, Robert Kaufmann, Harry Senff, Tom Dixon, Bruce Collins, Byron Collins, Neltje Kings, Robert Miller, Robert G. Miller, Earl Ellenwood, Kenneth Ellenwood, Ethel E. Hawkey, Carolyn R. Fowler, Pegge A. Cooksley, Robert E. Todd, George R. Smith, Frank Krezelok, Leon Hawkey, J. R. Mitchell, George Schuman, Jr., Tracy K. Mumma, Paul Landeck, Gary L. Duncan and Leslie P. Schuman, Appellees (Plaintiffs below). SHERIDAN-JOHNSON RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ASSOCIATION, Appellant (One of defendants below), v. Wayne D. HOPKINS, Louis S. Michelina, L. C. Garretson, Bonnie Voiles, Dorothy Cook, Will Mitchell, Bernice E. Peyrot, Melvin C. Focht, Kim Rice, Mrs. Harry Rasmussun, Russell Snider, Kelly Rice, Robert Sickler, Carrine Pence, Don L. Roush, Mrs. H. O. Hudson, Mrs. Mike Kuzara, Mrs. Vernon Tietjen, Mrs. Gail Eaton, Mrs. Henry Baumgartner, Paul J. Auzqui, Ross L. Frady, William C. Campbell, Ray C. Yates, James R. Evans, James P. Myers, Mrs. Tony Rosalez, Sandy McKenzie, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wood, James and Vida Ann Roebling, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Dexter, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Jennings, Herbert Arndt, Bud Crawford, Mr. and Mrs. Mary Betz, Mr. and Mrs. Lenney Gray, Mr. and Mrs. K. L. Korp, Mr. and Mrs. August Panian, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Panian, Alex Kaufmann, L. A. Wuthier, Robert Kaufmann, Harry Senff, Tom Dixon, Bruce Collins, Byron Collins, Neltje Kings, Robert Miller, Robert G. Miller, Earl Ellenwood, Kenneth Ellenwood, Ethel E. Hawkey, Carolyn R. Fowler, Pegge A. Cooksley, Robert E. Todd, George R. Smith, Frank Krezelok, Leon Hawkey, J. R. Mitchell, George Schuman, Jr., Tracy K. Mumma, Paul Landeck, Gary L. Duncan, and Leslie P. Schuman, Appellees (Plaintiffs below).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

November 9, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Troughton, Atty. Gen. and Thomas J. Carroll, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant-Wyoming Public Service Com'n.

Robert W. Connor, Jr. of Kennedy, Connor & Healy, Sheridan, for appellant-Sheridan-Johnson Rural Electrification Ass'n.

Henry A. Burgess of Burgess & Davis, Sheridan, for appellees.

Before RAPER, C.J., McCLINTOCK, THOMAS and ROSE, JJ., and GUTHRIE, J., Retired.


ROSE, Justice.

Appellants, Wyoming Public Service Commission (hereinafter the Commission) and Sheridan-Johnson Rural Electrification Association (hereinafter R.E.A.), appeal from a district court order which set aside an order of the Commission. We find that the district court based its decision on the erroneous assumption that the issue with which it was concerned had previously been resolved with respect to the issues and parties before us in this action. Accordingly...

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