Wyoming Statutes

Wyo. Stat. § 1-3-115 (2026)

Liability created by federal statute.

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All actions upon a liability created by a federal statute, other
than a forfeiture or penalty, for which no period of limitations
is provided in such statute, shall be commenced within two (2)
years after the cause of action has accrued.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 8 cases, 1979–2006 · leading case: Ray v. St. Vincent Healthcare, Inc., 2006 WY 98 (Wyo. 2006).

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Ray v. St. Vincent Healthcare, Inc., 2006 WY 98 (Wyo. 2006). · cites it 10× “” 1 Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-3-115 (LexisNexis 2005) states: All actions upon a liability created by a federal statute, other than a forfeiture or penalty, for which no period of limitations is provided in such statute, shall be commenced within two (2) years after the cause of…”

Lafferty v. Nickel, 663 P.2d 168 (Wyo. 1983). · cites it 8× “§§ 1983 , 1985, are governed by the two-year statute of limitations period contained in § 1-3-115, W.S. 1977. Spiegel v. School District No.”

Swenson v. Lincoln Cnty. Sch. Dist. No. 2, 260 F. Supp. 2d 1136 (D. Wyo. 2003). · cites it 4× “8 In Bailiff , this Court specifically rejected application of Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-3-115 in a § 1983 action because individual states do not have the power to limit the viability of a federal civil rights cause of action.”

Sullivan v. Bailiff, 867 F. Supp. 992 (D. Wyo. 1994). · cites it 9× “Bailiff and Sweetwater County have both filed motions to dismiss on grounds that the claim, filed almost three years after the cause of action arose, is barred by the two-year limitation period established by Wyo.”

Trs. of the Wyoming Laborers Health & Welfare Plan v. Morgen & Oswood Constr. Co., 850 F.2d 613 (10th Cir. 1988). · cites it 7× “The district court rejected Morgen & Oswood’s contention that the National Labor Relations Act’s six-month statute of limitations barred the action by stating: “[T]his Court has previously declined to hold that a suit in this nature is barred by a six month statute of limitation.”

Natrona Cnty. Sch. Dist. No. 1 v. McKnight, 764 P.2d 1039 (Wyo. 1988). “This subject directly raises the applicability and validity of the Wyoming statute of limitations for rights derived from federal statutes, W.S. 1-3-115. Although the consideration of this statute by the very recent Tenth Circuit Court of Appeal case, Trustees of Wyoming…”

Sullivan v. LaMunyon, 572 F. Supp. 753 (D. Kan. 1983). “§ 78-12-26 (4); Wyo.Stat. § 1-3-115. The lone exception is New Mexico, which appears to apply either the three-year period for personal injuries found at N.”

Spiegel v. Sch. Dist. No. 1, 600 F.2d 264 (10th Cir. 1979). “He could have done so. See 4 Wyo. Stat. § 9-276.32 (1975 Supp.”

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