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standing doctrine in Wyoming

29 Wyoming opinions name it 1 courts 1986–2025 3 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Wyoming courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (16)

CaseFollowedCited
Schulthess v. Carollogreen
wyo · 1992 · cited in 4 Wyoming opinions naming this issue, 1996–2002
2 sentences

2002Id.

1999Robinson v. Hamblin, 914 P.2d 152, 154 (Wyo.1996) (citing Schutthess v. Carollo, 832 P.2d 552, 556-57 (Wyo.1992)).

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Matter of Various Water Rights in Lake DeSmetgreen
wyo · 1981 · cited in 3 Wyoming opinions naming this issue, 2004–2017
2 sentences

2017In order to establish standing for judicial review of an agency action, a litigant must show injury or potential injury by “ ‘alleging] a perceptible, rather than speculative, harm resulting from agency action,’ ” Hoke v. Moyer, 865 P.2d 624, 628 (Wyo.1993), quoting Foster’s Inc. v. City of Laramie, 718 P.2d 868, 872 (Wyo.1986). “ ‘The interest which will sustain a right to appeal must generally be substantial, immediate, and pecuniary, future, contingent, or merely speculative interest is ordinarily not sufficient.’” L Slash X Cattle Co., Inc. v. Texaco, Inc., 623 P.2d 764, 769 (Wyo.1981), qu

2004Further, relying on Matter of Various Water Rights in Lake DeSmet Reservoir, Bd. of Control, Docket No. II-77-2-1, 623 P.2d 764, 769 (Wyo.1981), the City contends that Wyoming’s standing principles were designed to weed out the type of speculative future injury alleged in the Cottons’ septic system claim. [¶ 13] We will affirm the conclusion of the district court that the Cottons have standing to challenge the City’s annexation of Saddle Ridge under Wyo.

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Roe v. Board of County Commissionersgreen
wyo · 2000 · cited in 2 Wyoming opinions naming this issue, 2004–2017
2 sentences

2017We have defined this standing requirement to mean: A litigant is “aggrieved or adversely affected in fact” by an agency action if he has a “legally recognizable interest in that which will be affected by the action.” Roe v. Bd. of County Comm’rs, Campbell County, 997 P.2d 1021, 1023 (Wyo.2000) (citation omitted).

2004Id. (quoting Roe v. Board of County Commissioners, Campbell County, 997 P.2d 1021, 1022-23 (Wyo.2000)). [¶ 9] We generally do not relax the standing requirement in the context of an action under the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act, but require: 1.

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Robinson v. Hamblingreen
wyo · 1996 · cited in 2 Wyoming opinions naming this issue, 1999–1999
2 sentences

1999Robinson v. Hamblin, 914 P.2d 152, 154 (Wyo.1996) (quoting Schulthess v. Carollo, 832 P.2d 552, 556-57 (Wyo.1992) (citations omitted)).

1999Robinson v. Hamblin, 914 P.2d 152, 154 (Wyo.1996) (citing Schutthess v. Carollo, 832 P.2d 552, 556-57 (Wyo.1992)).

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Cox v. City of Cheyennegreen
· 2003 · cited in 2 Wyoming opinions naming this issue, 2012–2022
2 sentences

2022Cox v. City of Cheyenne, 2003 WY 146, ¶ 9 , 79 P.3d 500, 505 (Wyo. 2003) (citing Reiman Corp. v. City of Cheyenne, 838 P.2d 1182, 1186 (Wyo. 1992). [¶9] “Standing focuses on a litigant being properly situated to assert an issue for judicial determination.” The Tavern, LLC, 2017 WY 56, ¶ 26 , 395 P.3d at 174 (citing Carnahan v. Lewis, 2012 WY 45, ¶ 18 , 273 P.3d 1065, 1071 (Wyo. 2012)).

2022Cox v. City of Cheyenne, 2003 WY 146, ¶ 9 , 79 P.3d 500, 505 (Wyo. 2003) (citing Reiman Corp. v. City of Cheyenne, 838 P.2d 1182, 1186 (Wyo. 1992). [¶9] “Standing focuses on a litigant being properly situated to assert an issue for judicial determination.” The Tavern, LLC, 2017 WY 56, ¶ 26 , 395 P.3d at 174 (citing Carnahan v. Lewis, 2012 WY 45, ¶ 18 , 273 P.3d 1065, 1071 (Wyo. 2012)).

12
Reiman Corp. v. City of Cheyennegreen
wyo · 1992 · cited in 2 Wyoming opinions naming this issue, 1999–2022
2 sentences

2022Cox v. City of Cheyenne, 2003 WY 146, ¶ 9 , 79 P.3d 500, 505 (Wyo. 2003) (citing Reiman Corp. v. City of Cheyenne, 838 P.2d 1182, 1186 (Wyo. 1992). [¶9] “Standing focuses on a litigant being properly situated to assert an issue for judicial determination.” The Tavern, LLC, 2017 WY 56, ¶ 26 , 395 P.3d at 174 (citing Carnahan v. Lewis, 2012 WY 45, ¶ 18 , 273 P.3d 1065, 1071 (Wyo. 2012)).

1999Under the umbrella of the justiciable controversy concept stand “the political question[s] doctrine, the administrative questions doctrine, the advisory opinions doctrine, the feigned and collusive cases doctrine, the doctrine of standing, the doctrine of ripeness, and the doctrine of mootness.” Reiman, 838 P.2d at 1186 .

12
Allred v. Beboutgreen
wyo · 2018 · cited in 1 Wyoming opinions naming this issue, 2025–2025
2 sentences

2025Allred v. Bebout, 2018 WY 8, ¶ 30 , 409 P.3d 260, 268 (Wyo. 2018).

2025Allred v. Bebout, 2018 WY 8, ¶ 30 , 409 P.3d 260, 268 (Wyo. 2018).

11
Carnahan v. Lewisgreen
wyo · 2012 · cited in 1 Wyoming opinions naming this issue, 2022–2022
2 sentences

2022Cox v. City of Cheyenne, 2003 WY 146, ¶ 9 , 79 P.3d 500, 505 (Wyo. 2003) (citing Reiman Corp. v. City of Cheyenne, 838 P.2d 1182, 1186 (Wyo. 1992). [¶9] “Standing focuses on a litigant being properly situated to assert an issue for judicial determination.” The Tavern, LLC, 2017 WY 56, ¶ 26 , 395 P.3d at 174 (citing Carnahan v. Lewis, 2012 WY 45, ¶ 18 , 273 P.3d 1065, 1071 (Wyo. 2012)).

2022Cox v. City of Cheyenne, 2003 WY 146, ¶ 9 , 79 P.3d 500, 505 (Wyo. 2003) (citing Reiman Corp. v. City of Cheyenne, 838 P.2d 1182, 1186 (Wyo. 1992). [¶9] “Standing focuses on a litigant being properly situated to assert an issue for judicial determination.” The Tavern, LLC, 2017 WY 56, ¶ 26 , 395 P.3d at 174 (citing Carnahan v. Lewis, 2012 WY 45, ¶ 18 , 273 P.3d 1065, 1071 (Wyo. 2012)).

11
Ex Parte Simpsongreen
ala · 2009 · cited in 1 Wyoming opinions naming this issue, 2021–2021
1 sentence

2021Corp. v. Bachman, 894 F.2d 1233, 1235-36 (10th Cir. 1990) (whether the FDIC rather than the limited partnership could sue limited partners for amounts owed to limited partnership was not a question of standing, but rather a real party in interest issue that could be waived); Ex Parte Simpson, 36 So.3d 15, 25 (Ala. 2009) (“Although the standing requirement serves to ensure that the party making a claim has, in fact, suffered an injury to a legally protected right, the real party in interest principle is a means to identify the person who possesses the right sought to be enforced.” (citing Charl

11
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation v. Bachmangreen
ca10 · 1990 · cited in 1 Wyoming opinions naming this issue, 2021–2021
1 sentence

2021Corp. v. Bachman, 894 F.2d 1233, 1235-36 (10th Cir. 1990) (whether the FDIC rather than the limited partnership could sue limited partners for amounts owed to limited partnership was not a question of standing, but rather a real party in interest issue that could be waived); Ex Parte Simpson, 36 So.3d 15, 25 (Ala. 2009) (“Although the standing requirement serves to ensure that the party making a claim has, in fact, suffered an injury to a legally protected right, the real party in interest principle is a means to identify the person who possesses the right sought to be enforced.” (citing Charl

11
State ex rel. Alabama Policy Institutegreen
ala · 2015 · cited in 1 Wyoming opinions naming this issue, 2018–2018
1 sentence

2018Alabama Policy Institute, 200 So.3d 495, 527 (Ala. 2015), abrogated by Obergefell v. Hodges, — U.S. —, 135 S.Ct. 2584 , 192 L.Ed.2d 609 (20Í5), the Alabama Supreme Court found that the plaintiff had standing because he had alleged an injury “peculiar to himself.” In Keller v. French, 205 P.3d 299 (Alaska 2009), a case which Appellants cite for proposition that “citizen-taxpayer standing [is] recognized, requiring showing that the case is of ‘public significance,’ ” the Alaska Supreme Court, applying a standing test that is quite different than Wyoming’s, held that the appellants there lacked s

11
Foster's Inc. v. City of Laramiegreen
wyo · 1986 · cited in 1 Wyoming opinions naming this issue, 2017–2017
1 sentence

2017In order to establish standing for judicial review of an agency action, a litigant must show injury or potential injury by “ ‘alleging] a perceptible, rather than speculative, harm resulting from agency action,’ ” Hoke v. Moyer, 865 P.2d 624, 628 (Wyo.1993), quoting Foster’s Inc. v. City of Laramie, 718 P.2d 868, 872 (Wyo.1986). “ ‘The interest which will sustain a right to appeal must generally be substantial, immediate, and pecuniary, future, contingent, or merely speculative interest is ordinarily not sufficient.’” L Slash X Cattle Co., Inc. v. Texaco, Inc., 623 P.2d 764, 769 (Wyo.1981), qu

11
Hoke v. Moyergreen
wyo · 1993 · cited in 1 Wyoming opinions naming this issue, 2017–2017
1 sentence

2017In order to establish standing for judicial review of an agency action, a litigant must show injury or potential injury by “ ‘alleging] a perceptible, rather than speculative, harm resulting from agency action,’ ” Hoke v. Moyer, 865 P.2d 624, 628 (Wyo.1993), quoting Foster’s Inc. v. City of Laramie, 718 P.2d 868, 872 (Wyo.1986). “ ‘The interest which will sustain a right to appeal must generally be substantial, immediate, and pecuniary, future, contingent, or merely speculative interest is ordinarily not sufficient.’” L Slash X Cattle Co., Inc. v. Texaco, Inc., 623 P.2d 764, 769 (Wyo.1981), qu

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In Re SNKgreen
wyo · 2003 · cited in 1 Wyoming opinions naming this issue, 2004–2004
11
Southwestern Public Service Co. v. Thunder Basin Coal Co.green
wyo · 1999 · cited in 1 Wyoming opinions naming this issue, 2004–2004
11
Branson School District RE-82 v. Romergreen
cod · 1997 · cited in 1 Wyoming opinions naming this issue, 2003–2003
11

Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

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Also cited on this issue (23)

CaseCitedYears
Brimmer v. Thomson green
wyo · 1974
2 sentences

2002Brimmer v. Thomson, 521 P.2d 574 (Wyo.1974).

1998Brimmer v. Thomson, 521 P.2d 574 (Wyo.1974).

31990–2002
Jolley v. State Loan & Investment Board green
wyo · 2002
2 sentences

2004Id. (quoting Roe v. Board of County Commissioners, Campbell County, 997 P.2d 1021, 1022-23 (Wyo.2000)). [¶ 9] We generally do not relax the standing requirement in the context of an action under the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act, but require: 1.

2004Jolley, 2002 WY 7, ¶ 9 , 38 P.3d at 1077 .

22004–2004
Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc. green
scotus · 1982
2 sentences

2003The standing requirement is relaxed when a statute reaches "a substantial amount of constitutionally protected conduct." Village of Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc., 455 U.S. 489 , 102 S.Ct. 1186, 1191 , 71 L.Ed.2d 362 (1982); Kolender v. Lawson, [ 461 U.S. 352 , 103 S.Ct. 1855 , 75 L.Ed.2d 903 (1983)].

2003The standing requirement is relaxed when a statute reaches "a substantial amount of constitutionally protected conduct." Village of Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc., 455 U.S. 489 , 102 S.Ct. 1186, 1191 , 71 L.Ed.2d 362 (1982); Kolender v. Lawson, [ 461 U.S. 352 , 103 S.Ct. 1855 , 75 L.Ed.2d 903 (1983)].

21988–2003
Parker v. Levy green
scotus · 1974
2 sentences

2003The requirement is also relaxed when a statute is shown to be vague " 'not in the sense that it requires a person to conform his conduct to an imprecise but comprehensive normative standard, but rather in the sense that no standard of conduct is specified at all " Parker v. Levy, supra 94 S.Ct. at 2561 (quoting Coates v. City of Cincinnati, 402 U.S. 611 , 91 S.Ct. 1686, 1688 , 29 L.Ed.2d 214 (1971)).

2003The requirement is also relaxed when a statute *1260 is shown to be vague "`not in the sense that it requires a person to conform his conduct to an imprecise but comprehensive normative standard, but rather in the sense that no standard of conduct is specified at all.'" Parker v. Levy, supra 94 S.Ct. at 2561 (quoting Coates v. City of Cincinnati, 402 U.S. 611 , 91 S.Ct. 1686, 1688 , 29 L.Ed.2d 214 (1971)).

21988–2003
Coates v. City of Cincinnati green
scotus · 1971
2 sentences

2003The requirement is also relaxed when a statute *1260 is shown to be vague "`not in the sense that it requires a person to conform his conduct to an imprecise but comprehensive normative standard, but rather in the sense that no standard of conduct is specified at all.'" Parker v. Levy, supra 94 S.Ct. at 2561 (quoting Coates v. City of Cincinnati, 402 U.S. 611 , 91 S.Ct. 1686, 1688 , 29 L.Ed.2d 214 (1971)).

2003The requirement is also relaxed when a statute *1260 is shown to be vague "`not in the sense that it requires a person to conform his conduct to an imprecise but comprehensive normative standard, but rather in the sense that no standard of conduct is specified at all.'" Parker v. Levy, supra 94 S.Ct. at 2561 (quoting Coates v. City of Cincinnati, 402 U.S. 611 , 91 S.Ct. 1686, 1688 , 29 L.Ed.2d 214 (1971)).

21988–2003
Kolender v. Lawson green
scotus · 1983
2 sentences

2003The standing requirement is relaxed when a statute reaches "a substantial amount of constitutionally protected conduct." Village of Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc., 455 U.S. 489 , 102 S.Ct. 1186, 1191 , 71 L.Ed.2d 362 (1982); Kolender v. Lawson, [ 461 U.S. 352 , 103 S.Ct. 1855 , 75 L.Ed.2d 903 (1983)].

2003The standing requirement is relaxed when a statute reaches "a substantial amount of constitutionally protected conduct." Village of Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc., 455 U.S. 489 , 102 S.Ct. 1186, 1191 , 71 L.Ed.2d 362 (1982); Kolender v. Lawson, [ 461 U.S. 352 , 103 S.Ct. 1855 , 75 L.Ed.2d 903 (1983)].

21988–2003
The Tavern, LLC, and SALL, LLC v. The Town of Alpine, Wyoming, and Nelson Engineering, a Wyoming Corporation green
wyo · 2017
2 sentences

2022Cox v. City of Cheyenne, 2003 WY 146, ¶ 9 , 79 P.3d 500, 505 (Wyo. 2003) (citing Reiman Corp. v. City of Cheyenne, 838 P.2d 1182, 1186 (Wyo. 1992). [¶9] “Standing focuses on a litigant being properly situated to assert an issue for judicial determination.” The Tavern, LLC, 2017 WY 56, ¶ 26 , 395 P.3d at 174 (citing Carnahan v. Lewis, 2012 WY 45, ¶ 18 , 273 P.3d 1065, 1071 (Wyo. 2012)).

2022Cox v. City of Cheyenne, 2003 WY 146, ¶ 9 , 79 P.3d 500, 505 (Wyo. 2003) (citing Reiman Corp. v. City of Cheyenne, 838 P.2d 1182, 1186 (Wyo. 1992). [¶9] “Standing focuses on a litigant being properly situated to assert an issue for judicial determination.” The Tavern, LLC, 2017 WY 56, ¶ 26 , 395 P.3d at 174 (citing Carnahan v. Lewis, 2012 WY 45, ¶ 18 , 273 P.3d 1065, 1071 (Wyo. 2012)).

12022–2022
In Re Guardianship of Parkhurst green
wyo · 2010
2 sentences

2018At its most elementary level, the standing doctrine holds that a decision-making body should refrain from considering issues in which the litigants have little or no interest in vigorously advocating." Williams v. City of Gillette , 2011 WY 6 , ¶ 6, 245 P.3d 362 , 364 (Wyo. 2011) (quoting Boykin v. Parkhurst (In re Parkhurst) , 2010 WY 155 , ¶ 10, 243 P.3d 961 , 965 (Wyo. 2010) ).

2018At its most elementary level, the standing doctrine holds that a decision-making body should refrain from considering issues in which the litigants have little or no interest in vigorously advocating." Williams v. City of Gillette , 2011 WY 6 , ¶ 6, 245 P.3d 362 , 364 (Wyo. 2011) (quoting Boykin v. Parkhurst (In re Parkhurst) , 2010 WY 155 , ¶ 10, 243 P.3d 961 , 965 (Wyo. 2010) ).

12018–2018
Chapman v. Bevilacqua green
ark · 2001
2 sentences

2018In Chapman v. Bevilacqua, 344 Ark. 262 , 42 S.W.3d 378 (2001), the court found that the plaintiff had standing to sue for allegedly improper disbursements of federal funds only to the extent that those' funds were derived from* taxpayer monies, as distinguished from fe'deral funds.

2018In Chapman v. Bevilacqua, 344 Ark. 262 , 42 S.W.3d 378 (2001), the court found that the plaintiff had standing to sue for allegedly improper disbursements of federal funds only to the extent that those' funds were derived from* taxpayer monies, as distinguished from fe'deral funds.

12018–2018
Williams v. City of Gillette green
wyo · 2011
2 sentences

2018At its most elementary level, the standing doctrine holds that a decision-making body should refrain from considering issues in which the litigants have little or no interest in vigorously advocating." Williams v. City of Gillette , 2011 WY 6 , ¶ 6, 245 P.3d 362 , 364 (Wyo. 2011) (quoting Boykin v. Parkhurst (In re Parkhurst) , 2010 WY 155 , ¶ 10, 243 P.3d 961 , 965 (Wyo. 2010) ).

2018At its most elementary level, the standing doctrine holds that a decision-making body should refrain from considering issues in which the litigants have little or no interest in vigorously advocating." Williams v. City of Gillette , 2011 WY 6 , ¶ 6, 245 P.3d 362 , 364 (Wyo. 2011) (quoting Boykin v. Parkhurst (In re Parkhurst) , 2010 WY 155 , ¶ 10, 243 P.3d 961 , 965 (Wyo. 2010) ).

12018–2018
Keller v. French green
alaska · 2009
2 sentences

2018Alabama Policy Institute, 200 So.3d 495, 527 (Ala. 2015), abrogated by Obergefell v. Hodges, — U.S. —, 135 S.Ct. 2584 , 192 L.Ed.2d 609 (20Í5), the Alabama Supreme Court found that the plaintiff had standing because he had alleged an injury “peculiar to himself.” In Keller v. French, 205 P.3d 299 (Alaska 2009), a case which Appellants cite for proposition that “citizen-taxpayer standing [is] recognized, requiring showing that the case is of ‘public significance,’ ” the Alaska Supreme Court, applying a standing test that is quite different than Wyoming’s, held that the appellants there lacked s

2018Alabama Policy Institute, 200 So.3d 495, 527 (Ala. 2015), abrogated by Obergefell v. Hodges, — U.S. —, 135 S.Ct. 2584 , 192 L.Ed.2d 609 (20Í5), the Alabama Supreme Court found that the plaintiff had standing because he had alleged an injury “peculiar to himself.” In Keller v. French, 205 P.3d 299 (Alaska 2009), a case which Appellants cite for proposition that “citizen-taxpayer standing [is] recognized, requiring showing that the case is of ‘public significance,’ ” the Alaska Supreme Court, applying a standing test that is quite different than Wyoming’s, held that the appellants there lacked s

12018–2018
Obergefell v. Hodges green
scotus · 2015
2 sentences

2018Alabama Policy Institute, 200 So.3d 495, 527 (Ala. 2015), abrogated by Obergefell v. Hodges, — U.S. —, 135 S.Ct. 2584 , 192 L.Ed.2d 609 (20Í5), the Alabama Supreme Court found that the plaintiff had standing because he had alleged an injury “peculiar to himself.” In Keller v. French, 205 P.3d 299 (Alaska 2009), a case which Appellants cite for proposition that “citizen-taxpayer standing [is] recognized, requiring showing that the case is of ‘public significance,’ ” the Alaska Supreme Court, applying a standing test that is quite different than Wyoming’s, held that the appellants there lacked s

2018Alabama Policy Institute, 200 So.3d 495, 527 (Ala. 2015), abrogated by Obergefell v. Hodges, — U.S. —, 135 S.Ct. 2584 , 192 L.Ed.2d 609 (20Í5), the Alabama Supreme Court found that the plaintiff had standing because he had alleged an injury “peculiar to himself.” In Keller v. French, 205 P.3d 299 (Alaska 2009), a case which Appellants cite for proposition that “citizen-taxpayer standing [is] recognized, requiring showing that the case is of ‘public significance,’ ” the Alaska Supreme Court, applying a standing test that is quite different than Wyoming’s, held that the appellants there lacked s

12018–2018
Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife green
scotus · 1992
2 sentences

2012Redressibility [T31] Redressibility is the third element of the test for standing as set forth in Lujan, 504 U.S. at 560 , 112 S.Ct. 2130 .

2012Redressibility [T31] Redressibility is the third element of the test for standing as set forth in Lujan, 504 U.S. at 560 , 112 S.Ct. 2130 .

12012–2012
Lewis v. Casey green
scotus · 1996
2 sentences

2011In Bounds, the Supreme Court held that "the fundamental constitutional right of access to the courts requires prison authorities to assist inmates in the preparation and filing of meaningful legal papers by providing prisoners with adequate law libraries or adequate assistance from persons trained in the law." 430 U.S. at 828 , 97 S.Ct. at 1498 . [¶ 8] In Lewis v. Casey, 518 U.S. 343 , 116 S.Ct. 2174 , 135 L.Ed.2d 606 (1996), the Supreme Court revisited the holding in Bounds, and clarified that an inmate alleging a denial of the right of access to the courts must demonstrate an "actual injury.

2011In Bounds, the Supreme Court held that "the fundamental constitutional right of access to the courts requires prison authorities to assist inmates in the preparation and filing of meaningful legal papers by providing prisoners with adequate law libraries or adequate assistance from persons trained in the law." 430 U.S. at 828 , 97 S.Ct. at 1498 . [¶ 8] In Lewis v. Casey, 518 U.S. 343 , 116 S.Ct. 2174 , 135 L.Ed.2d 606 (1996), the Supreme Court revisited the holding in Bounds, and clarified that an inmate alleging a denial of the right of access to the courts must demonstrate an "actual injury.

12011–2011
Bounds v. Smith red
scotus · 1977
2 sentences

2011In Bounds, the Supreme Court held that "the fundamental constitutional right of access to the courts requires prison authorities to assist inmates in the preparation and filing of meaningful legal papers by providing prisoners with adequate law libraries or adequate assistance from persons trained in the law." 430 U.S. at 828 , 97 S.Ct. at 1498 . [¶ 8] In Lewis v. Casey, 518 U.S. 343 , 116 S.Ct. 2174 , 135 L.Ed.2d 606 (1996), the Supreme Court revisited the holding in Bounds, and clarified that an inmate alleging a denial of the right of access to the courts must demonstrate an "actual injury.

2011In Bounds, the Supreme Court held that "the fundamental constitutional right of access to the courts requires prison authorities to assist inmates in the preparation and filing of meaningful legal papers by providing prisoners with adequate law libraries or adequate assistance from persons trained in the law." 430 U.S. at 828 , 97 S.Ct. at 1498 . [¶ 8] In Lewis v. Casey, 518 U.S. 343 , 116 S.Ct. 2174 , 135 L.Ed.2d 606 (1996), the Supreme Court revisited the holding in Bounds, and clarified that an inmate alleging a denial of the right of access to the courts must demonstrate an "actual injury.

12011–2011
Kellner v. District Court green
colo · 1953
2 sentences

2007We discussed that doctrine at length in Joi-ley, where we wrote: The doctrine of great public interest or importance should be applied cautiously: The question of great public importance rests with this court, Kellner v. District Court In and For City and County of Denver, 127 Colo. 320 , 256 P.2d 887, 888 .

2007We discussed that doctrine at length in Joi-ley, where we wrote: The doctrine of great public interest or importance should be applied cautiously: The question of great public importance rests with this court, Kellner v. District Court In and For City and County of Denver, 127 Colo. 320 , 256 P.2d 887, 888 .

12007–2007
Murg v. Barnsdall Nursing Home green
okla · 2005
2 sentences

2007In Murg v. Barnsdall Nursing Home, 2005 OK 73 , 123 P.3d 21 (Okla.2005), the Oklahoma Supreme Court premised its "interested party" analysis upon the doctrine of standing.

2007In Murg v. Barnsdall Nursing Home, 2005 OK 73 , 123 P.3d 21 (Okla.2005), the Oklahoma Supreme Court premised its "interested party" analysis upon the doctrine of standing.

12007–2007
State Department of Revenue & Taxation v. Pacificorp green
wyo · 1994
12004–2004
Memorial Hospital of Laramie County v. Department of Revenue & Taxation green
wyo · 1989
11992–1992
Valley Landscape Co. v. Rolland green
va · 1977
11991–1991
Meyers Plumbing & Heating Supply Co. v. West End Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n green
pa · 1985
11991–1991
Campbell v. Wyoming Development Co. green
wyo · 1940
11989–1989
Laramie Rivers Co. v. Wheatland Irrigation District green
wyo · 1985
11986–1986

Statutes the citing opinions construe

WY § Wyo. Stat. § 1-37-103 (7) WY § Wyo. Stat. § 1-37-101 (3) WY § Wyo. Stat. § 16-3-114 (3)

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Where else courts name it

TX 479 (1978–2026) IL 242 (1869–2026) CA 232 (1968–2026) PA 166 (1894–2026) MI 156 (1970–2025) NY 116 (1899–2026) IN 112 (1973–2025) CO 81 (1977–2026) TN 78 (1980–2026) WA 78 (1978–2025) FL 72 (1974–2024) CT 60 (1978–2026) OH 54 (1975–2026) ME 53 (1975–2025) VA 51 (1876–2026) VT 51 (1909–2026) UT 43 (1987–2024) WI 43 (1974–2026) NJ 43 (1854–2025) RI 39 (1968–2023) ID 39 (1908–2026) NE 38 (1899–2025) MD 37 (1970–2025) MA 36 (1975–2025) IA 36 (1972–2025) KS 36 (1964–2026) AL 34 (1977–2025) AZ 34 (1977–2026) GA 32 (1939–2026) MO 32 (1977–2024) NC 32 (1917–2023) MT 31 (1962–2026) HI 30 (1970–2025) WY 29 (1986–2025) DC 28 (1975–2024) DE 26 (1993–2025) AK 25 (1970–2024) MN 22 (1964–2016) NM 19 (1975–2024) OR 18 (1974–2026) KY 17 (2005–2023) WV 16 (1988–2026) ND 15 (1976–2022) NH 14 (1931–2024) LA 13 (1975–2025) SC 11 (1993–2023) SD 11 (1995–2021) OK 10 (1979–2018) NV 8 (2011–2021) VI 7 (1996–2016) MS 7 (1988–2019) AR 6 (2001–2020) GU 4 (2022–2025) MP 2 (1985–2023)

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