INQUIRY CONCERNING NEELY

J-16-0001.

390 P.3d 728 (2017)

2017 WY 25

IN RE An INQUIRY CONCERNING the Honorable Ruth NEELY, Municipal Court Judge and Circuit Court Magistrate, Ninth Judicial District, Pinedale, Sublette County, Wyoming. Judge Ruth Neely (Petitioner), v. Wyoming Commission on Judicial Conduct and Ethics (Respondent).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

March 7, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Petitioner: Herbert K. Doby , Torrington, Wyoming; James A. Campbell , Kenneth J. Connelly , and Douglas G. Wardlow of Alliance Defending Freedom, Scottsdale, Arizona. Argument by Mr. Campbell.

Representing Respondent: Patrick Dixon and Britney F. Turner of Dixon & Dixon, LLP, Casper, Wyoming; Timothy K. Newcomb , Laramie, Wyoming. Argument by Mr. Dixon.

Representing Amici Curiae Mayor and Town Council Members of the Town of Pinedale and Sutherland Institute Center for Family & Society: William H. Twichell , Pinedale, Wyoming.

Before BURKE, C.J., and HILL, DAVIS, FOX, and KAUTZ, JJ.


[¶ 1] Judge Ruth Neely objects to the Wyoming Commission on Judicial Conduct and Ethics' (Commission) recommendation that she be removed from her positions as municipal court judge and part-time circuit court magistrate because of her refusal to perform same-sex marriages in her judicial capacity as a part-time circuit court magistrate...

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