Federal judge enjoins child pornography prosecution of high school texters
March 31, 2009
[JURIST] A judge in the US District for the Middle District of Pennsylvania [official website] issued a temporary restraining order [text, PDF] Monday blocking child pornography charges against three teenage girls who appeared in photographs distributed by cell phone throughout their high school. Wy....... [more] 
Supreme Court appoints special master in water rights case
October 20, 2008
'[JURIST] The US Supreme Court on Monday appointed a special master to investigate and oversee a water rights case brought by Montana against Wyoming and North Dakota. Montana officials argued in February 2007 filings that Wyoming officials breached the....... [more]
Federal court enjoins enforcement of wilderness protection rule
August 13, 2008
'[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the District of Wyoming on Tuesday granted the state an injunction prohibiting the National Forest Service (NFS) from enforcing a 2001 rule prohibiting the construction of roads and other....... [more]
Prisoner settles eagle feather case against Wyoming prison system
July 31, 2008
'[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announced Wednesday that a Native American prisoner in Wyoming had settled his lawsuit against the Wyoming Department of Corrections after Department officials agreed to allow the man to keep up to....... [more]
Montana files water rights lawsuit against Wyoming in Supreme Court
February 2, 2007
'[JURIST] Montana filed a lawsuit Thursday against Wyoming in the US Supreme Court for allegedly violating a 1950 agreement allocating water rights to two tributaries of the Yellowstone River. In a motion, complaint and brief, Montana Attorney General....... [more]
Wyoming high court allows random searches under probation orders
January 3, 2006
'[JURIST] The Wyoming Supreme Court has ruled in State v. McAuliffe, where the court upheld by a 4-1 vote the constitutionality of probation orders allowing police to randomly search the subject of the order. The decision relied heavily on the Supreme....... [more]
PROJECTION ~ KA, NE, ND, SD, TX, WY to Bush; Kerry wins in NY, RI
November 2, 2004
' 9:05 PM ET- AP is projecting that Bush wins in Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming, while Kerry has taken New York, Rhode Island. 9:30 PM ET- Louisiana and Mississippi have been added to the Bush column. CBS News has Bush at....... [more]
Polls close in battlegrounds CO, MI, WI, NM among others
November 2, 2004
' 9:00 PM ET- Polls have just closed in 13 more states: Colorado, Arizona, Louisiana, western Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Rhode Island, South Dakota, western Texas, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Pre-election polls showed Colorado,....... [more]
August 17: This day at law ~ First woman magistrate in the US appointed
August 17, 2004
'On August 17, 1870, Esther Morris became the first woman magistrate in America when she was appointed Justice of the Peace for South Pass City, Wyoming. Learn more about Esther Morris.'....... [more]
Law schools brief ~ O'Connor decries decline in ethics in law school lecture
March 18, 2004
'Speaking this week at the University of Wyoming College of Law, US Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O''Connor bemoaned the current ethical state of the legal profession. In her lecture, entitled"Professionalism& Ethics," she identified declines in....... [more]
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