COOPER v. TOWN OF PINEDALE

No. 98-291.

1 P.3d 1197 (2000)

A.L. COOPER; Kay Buston; Richard L. Stott; Vernon T. Delgado; Harry P. Schriver; Robert Carmean; Ralph Allen Steele; Phil Gabardi; Dennis Davison; and P.J. Paulos, Appellants (Plaintiffs), v. TOWN OF PINEDALE, Appellee (Defendant).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

March 30, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Appellants: John S. Mackey, Pinedale, WY; and Philip White Jr., Laramie, WY. Argument presented by Mr. White.

Representing Appellee: Van Graham of Mason & Graham, Pinedale, WY. Argument presented by Mr. Graham.

Representing Amicus Curiae Wyoming Association of Municipalities: Kathleen A. Hunt of Lewis & Hunt, LLC, Laramie, WY.

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


HILL, Justice.

The Appellants, taxpayers and water service purchasers (collectively Cooper), challenge the authority of the Town of Pinedale (Town) to borrow money from the State of Wyoming for the purpose of reconstructing the municipal water system. The district court ruled that Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 15-1-103(a)(xlii)(Michie 1997)1 was a specific statute affording such authority to the Town, and it also ruled that the question had become...

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