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WASHAKIE CTY. SCH. DIST. NO. ONE v. HERSCHLER

No. 5145.

606 P.2d 310 (1980)

WASHAKIE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER ONE, Donna Moberly, Mary Jane Schmeltzer, Randall Rideout, Harold McDonald, Harry Ujifusa, Robert Moody and James Argeris, being all of the members of the Board of Trustees of Washakie County School District Number One; Mary Jane Schmeltzer as next friend for Christopher Schmeltzer, Joe Schmeltzer, and Frances Schmelzter, minors; Randall Rideout as next friend for Jason Rideout, Anthony Rideout, and Michael Rideout, minors; Harold McDonald as next friend for Keven McDonald, Keith McDonald, David McDonald, Kenneth McDonald, and Brian McDonald, minors; Harry Ujifusa as next friend for Kelly Ujifusa and Gayle Ujifusa, minors; Robert Moody as next friend for Todd Moody, Sherri Moody, Cindy Moody, John Moody, Al Moody, and Scott Moody, minors; and James Argeris as next friend for Jayme Argeris, Tawn Argeris, and Brett Argeris, minors; Uinta County School District Number Six, G. Grant Redden, Clint Walker, F. Danny Eyre, Donald R. Carroll and Curtis Morgan, being all of the members of The Board of Trustees of Uinta County School District Number Six, Fremont County School District Number 25, Dennis Tippets, L. J. Geraud, Patricia B. Ferris, Alice Kucera, Stanley Smalley, and Thomas Youtz, being all of the members of the Board of Trustees of Fremont County School District Number Twenty Five, and Albert B. Schultz, Appellants (Plaintiffs), v. Ed HERSCHLER, Governor, State of Wyoming, Lynn Simons, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Shirley Wittler, Wyoming State Treasurer, John Patton, Keith West, Dr. Denis Lyman, Barbara Rogers, Keith Becker, Redell Hooper, Karen Hand, Dr. Donald Blakeslee, Glenn Engleking, being all of the members of the Wyoming State Board of Education, Park County School District Number Sixteen, Campbell County School District Number One, Converse County School District Number One, Hot Springs County School District Number One, Carbon County School District Number Two, Sublette County School District Number Nine, Sweetwater County School District Number One, and Lincoln County School District Number One, Appellees (Defendants).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

Rehearing Denied February 7, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Davis and Jeffrey A. Donnell, Worland, signed the brief; and Mr. Davis appeared in oral argument on behalf of the appellants.

John D. Troughton, Atty. Gen., Mary B. Guthrie, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lawrence J. Wolfe, Legal Intern, T. Michael Golden, Rawlins, for Carbon County School Dist. No. 2; Ross D. Copenhaver, Powell, for Hot Springs County School Dist. No. 1 and Sublette County School Dist. No. 9; Dennis L. Sanderson, Kemmerer, for Lincoln County School Dist. No. 1; Ford Bussart, Rock Springs, for Sweetwater County School Dist. No. 1; J. Patrick Hand, Douglas, for Converse County School Dist. No. 1; L.B. Cozzens, Cody, for Park County School Dist. No. 16; and Wade Brorby, Gillette, for Campbell County School Dist. No. 1, signed the brief for appellees. Wolfe, Legal Intern, & T. Michael Golden, Rawlins, appeared in oral argument on behalf of appellees.

Before RAPER, C.J., McCLINTOCK, THOMAS, and ROSE, JJ., and HILL, D.J.

RAPER, Chief Justice.

On June 20, 1978, the appellants brought action under the Wyoming Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act1 seeking relief from the Wyoming system of financing public education. The appellants described in their complaint the inequities that are resulting from the financing system currently used in this state and asked as relief that the system be declared violative of the Wyoming Constitution. In the latter part of August...

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