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STATE v. SULLIVAN

No. 90-28.

798 P.2d 826 (1990)

STATE of Wyoming ex rel. the WYOMING ASSOCIATION OF CONSULTING ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS, a Wyoming corporation; the Wyoming Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, a Wyoming association; the Wyoming Health Care Association, a Wyoming corporation; the Wyoming Hospital Association, a Wyoming corporation; the Wyoming Medical Society, a Wyoming corporation; John D. Bailey, M.D., individually; and the Wyoming Society of Certified Public Accountants, a Wyoming corporation, Petitioners, v. Michael J. SULLIVAN, Governor of the State of Wyoming, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

October 9, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Rideout of Herschler, Freudenthal, Salzburg, Bonds & Rideout, P.C., Cheyenne, for petitioners.

Joseph B. Meyer, Atty. Gen., and Sylvia Lee Hackl, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

George Santini of Graves, Santini & Villemez, P.C., Michael Bruce Rosenthal of Hathaway, Speight, Kunz, Trautwein & Barrett, and Robert W. Tiedeken of Wolf & Tiedeken, Cheyenne, for amicus curiae Wyoming Trial Lawyers Ass'n.

Before URBIGKIT, C.J., and THOMAS, CARDINE, MACY and GOLDEN, JJ.

MACY, Justice.

Petitioners seek the issuance of a writ of mandamus compelling Respondent Michael J. Sullivan, Governor of the State of Wyoming, to appoint a director to execute and implement the Wyoming Professional Review Panel Act. Wyo. Stat. §§ 9-2-1801 to -1812 (1977).

We hold that the Wyoming Professional Review Panel Act is unconstitutional and deny Petitioners' Petition for Writ of Mandamus.

Petitioners present the following dispositive...

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