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Wyoming's legislature passed a statute in 2019 creating the Wyoming Chancery Court, which was signed into law the same year. [1] [2] [3] Unlike a traditional chancery court, which is a court of equity, Wyoming's new chancery court was given jurisdiction over purely monetary disputes (with more than $50,000 at issue) as well as actions in equity, with a limited subject matter jurisdiction ...
A fetal heartbeat bill, HB 97, was introduced in the Wyoming House of Representatives in January 2013 by Kendell Kroeker; however, in February 2013 the bill was struck down by a house committee in a 4–5 vote. [12] [13] The state legislature was one of five states nationwide that tried to pass such a bill that year. [14]
The Rules, established in 1938, replaced the earlier procedures under the Federal Equity Rules and the Conformity Act (28 USC 724 (1934)) merging the procedure for cases, in law and equity. The Conformity Act required that procedures in suits at law conform to state practice, usually the Field Code or a pleading system based on common law .
Teton County District Court Judge Melissa Owens granted a permanent injunction against the "Life is a Human Right Act" and a medical abortion ban passed in 2023, the Jackson Hole News & Guide ...
Mar. 30—CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Supreme Court ruled that law enforcement officers "owe a duty of care" to handle investigations in a "non-negligent" manner. While the opinion was passed by a 3 ...
Early federal and state civil procedure in the United States was rather ad hoc and was based on traditional common law procedure but with much local variety. There were varying rules that governed different types of civil cases such as "actions" at law or "suits" in equity or in admiralty; these differences grew from the history of "law" and "equity" as separate court systems in English law.
Courts of Wyoming include: State courts of Wyoming. Wyoming Supreme Court [1] Wyoming District Courts (9 districts) [2] Wyoming Chancery Court. Wyoming Circuit Courts [3]
Because Wyoming has no intermediate appellate court, appeals from the district courts go directly to the Supreme Court. In 2019, the Chancery Court of the State of Wyoming ( Wyoming Chancery Court ) was created by legislation, with a limited defined subject matter jurisdiction over business, commercial, and trust litigation. [ 3 ]