BOARD OF COUNTY COM'RS v. GERINGER

No. 96-1.

941 P.2d 742 (1997)

The BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, Sublette County, Wyoming, Appellant (Plaintiff), v. Jim GERINGER, Governor of the State of Wyoming; and Stan Smith, Wyoming State Treasurer, Appellees (Defendants).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

July 3, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Van Graham, of Mason & Graham, P.C.; and Ralph E. Wood (argued), of Sievers & Wood, Pinedale, for Appellant.

William U. Hill, Attorney General; Michael L. Hubbard, Deputy Attorney General; Ron Arnold, Senior Assistant Attorney General (argued), for Appellees.

Before TAYLOR, C.J., and THOMAS, MACY, GOLDEN, and LEHMAN JJ.


THOMAS, Justice.

The sole issue presented by this appeal is the constitutionality, under our state constitution, of Wyoming's statutory provision providing for the establishment and funding of a county court in counties with a population of less than 30,000.1 The issue arises under the equal protection and uniform operation of the laws requirements found in the Constitution of the State of Wyoming.2 Sublette...

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