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Montana, Alabama, Wyoming pass ballot measures to limit health care act
November 7, 2012 by Jerry Votava
Ballot proposals to exempt residents from portions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) were approved Tuesday in Montana, Alabama and Wyoming. A similar amendment in Florida was narrowly defeated by voters. The PPACA was a comprehensive health care reform law passed in March.... [more]
Wyoming election regulations challenged
June 15, 2012 by Rebecca DiLeonardo
Lawyers for two Wyoming groups on Thursday filed a lawsuit challenging the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) rules governing advertising, arguing the restrictions are overly broad and confusing. The Wyoming Liberty Group (WyLiberty) and grassroots organization Free Speech filed the suit on behalf.... [more]
Supreme Court ruled for Wyoming in water dispute [this day at law]
May 2, 2012 by Katherine Bacher
On May 2, 2011, the US Supreme Court ruled in the case of Montana v. Wyoming, finding for the state of Wyoming with a vote of 7-1 in a case that involved the states' relative water rights over the Tongue and Powder rivers. Montana claimed Wyoming violated the Yellowstone River Compact, which.... [more]
Washington governor signed bill recognizing out-of-state same-sex marriages [this day at law]
April 5, 2012 by Katherine Bacher
On April 5, 2011, Washington Governor Chris Gregoire signed a bill recognizing out-of-state same-sex marriages as legal domestic partnerships. The legislation, House Bill 1649, amended then-current state law, which acknowledged out-of-state domestic partnerships and civil unions but not same-sex.... [more]
Montana filed water rights lawsuit against Wyoming in Supreme Court [this day at law]
February 1, 2012 by Meagan McElroy
On February 1, 2007, the state of Montana filed a lawsuit against the state of Wyoming in the US Supreme Court, claiming that Wyoming had violated the Yellowstone River Compact, which allocates water rights between the two states and North Dakota. In the lawsuit, Montana alleged that Wyoming had.... [more]
Wyoming federal court strikes down Obama alterations to Energy Policy Act
August 13, 2011 by Daniel Richey
A federal judge for the US District Court for the District of Wyoming on Friday struck down a set of administrative rules advanced by the Obama administration last year that placed stricter limits on environmental impact requirements of oil and gas drilling operations. Judge Nancy Freudenthal.... [more]
The Debt Ceiling Debate and the Constitution: A Call for Caution [op-ed]
July 16, 2011 by Jonathan Cohen
JURIST Contributing Editor Benjamin Davis of the University of Toledo College of Law, joined by JURIST Guest Columnists Michael Duff of the University of Wyoming College of Law, Craig Jackson of Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law and Leland Ware of the University of.... [more]
Wyoming high court rules same-sex couple can divorce
June 7, 2011 by Maureen Cosgrove
The Wyoming Supreme Court ruled Monday that a same-sex couple married in Canada can get a divorce in Wyoming. The couple was legally married in Canada in 2008 and began divorce proceedings in Wyoming, where the couple resides. A district court determined it did not have subject-matter jurisdiction.... [more]
Supreme Court rules for Wyoming in water dispute
May 2, 2011 by Jaclyn Belczyk
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled 7-1 in Montana v. Wyoming for Wyoming in a dispute with Montana over water rights to the Tongue and Powder rivers. Montana claimed that Wyoming violated the Yellowstone River Compact, which allocates water rights to the two Yellowstone River tributaries, by.... [more]
Wyoming Senate approves bill banning same-sex marriage recognition
February 20, 2011 by Julia Zebley
The Wyoming Senate on Friday approved a bill, that would void in Wyoming any same-sex marriages and civil unions performed in other jurisdictions. Although House Bill 74, Validity of Marriage, passed with a vote of 16-14, the Senate amended the bill to allow couples to use the state court system.... [more]
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