BLAKE v. RUPE

Nos. 5576, 5577.

651 P.2d 1096 (1982)

Ruth BLAKE and Louis Dekmar, Appellants (Defendants), v. Thomas N. RUPE, Appellee (Plaintiff). Thomas N. RUPE, Appellant (Plaintiff), v. Ruth BLAKE and Louis Dekmar, Appellees (Defendants).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

Rehearing Denied October 5, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn Parker (argued) and Harold F. Buck, Hirst & Applegate, Cheyenne, signed the brief on behalf of appellant Blake.

James E. Fitzgerald, Cheyenne, and F. Michael Ludwig, Wood, Ris & Hames, P.C., Denver, Colo., signed the brief on behalf of appellant Dekmar; Hames appeared in oral argument.

Raymond B. Hunkins and Eric M. Alden, Jones, Jones, Vines & Hunkins, Wheatland, for appellee Rupe.

David A. Kern, Cheyenne, filed amicus curiae brief on behalf of the Wyoming County and Pros. Attys. Ass'n in support of the position of appellants Blake and Dekmar.

Before ROSE, C.J., and RAPER, THOMAS, ROONEY and BROWN, JJ.


RAPER, Justice.

The appellee, Thomas N. Rupe, brought a tort action for damages against appellant Ruth Blake, County and Prosecuting Attorney for Converse County, alleging tortious conduct in connection with the investigation and prosecution of a criminal perjury charge brought against Rupe. In the same action, appellant Louis Dekmar, an investigator for the office of County and Prosecuting Attorney for Converse County, was joined and damages sought against him for...

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