THOMSON v. WYOMING IN-STREAM FLOW COMMITTEE

Nos. 5750, 5750A.

651 P.2d 778 (1982)

Secretary of State of Wyoming, Thyra Thomson, Appellant (Respondent), v. WYOMING IN-STREAM FLOW COMMITTEE and its sponsors, Dr. Charles Walter, Dr. Charles Stebner, and Bruce E. Collins, Appellees (Petitioners). WYOMING IN-STREAM FLOW COMMITTEE and its sponsors, Dr. Charles Walter, Dr. Charles Stebner, and Bruce E. Collins, Appellants (Petitioners), v. Secretary of State of Wyoming, Thyra THOMSON, Appellee (Respondent).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

September 22, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don W. Riske of Riske & Edmonds, P.C., Cheyenne, for amicus curiae, League of Women Voters of Wyoming, in support of the position of appellee.

John A. Sundahl and George E. Powers, Jr. of Godfrey & Sundahl, Cheyenne, for amici curiae, Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation, Wyoming Wool Growers Ass'n and the Wyoming Stock Growers Ass'n, in support of the position of appellant.

Steven F. Freudenthal, Atty. Gen., argued, Bruce A. Salzburg, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen. and Rowena L. Heckert, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

E. Michael Weber of Lonabaugh & Riggs, Sheridan, argued, for appellees.

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


RAPER, THOMAS and ROONEY, Justices, and GUTHRIE, Justice, Retired.

This appeal involves the role of the Secretary of State, appellant (Secretary), in the performance of her duties relating to initiative and referendum pursuant to Art. 3, § 52, Wyoming Constitution implemented by § 22-24-101, et seq., W.S. 1977. Appellees (Committee) went through the preliminary procedures for initiating a proposed law for referral to the people by ballot at a statewide election...

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