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Wyo. Stat. § 1-37-102 (2026)

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Courts of record within their respective jurisdictions may
declare rights, status and other legal relations whether or not
further relief is or could be claimed. No proceeding is open to
objection on the ground that a declaratory judgment or decree is
prayed for. The declaration may be either affirmative or
negative in form and effect, and such declarations shall have
the effect of a final judgment.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 28 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1980–2025 · leading case: Wyoming Cmty. Coll. Comm'n v. Casper Cmty. Coll. Dist., 2001 WY 86 (Wyo. 2001).
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Wyoming Cmty. Coll. Comm'n v. Casper Cmty. Coll. Dist., 2001 WY 86 (Wyo. 2001). · cites it 7× “The court's conclusion in Rocky Mountain Oil was based in multiple sources: the plain language of the act ( Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§ 1-37-102 and -114); W.”
Rocky Mountain Oil & Gas Ass'n v. State, 645 P.2d 1163 (Wyo. 1982). · cites it 6× “"Courts of record within their respective jurisdictions may declare rights, status and other legal relations whether or not further relief is or could be claimed.”
Washakie Cnty. Sch. Dist. No. One v. Herschler, 606 P.2d 310 (Wyo. 1980). · cites it 2× “1-37-103 through 1-37-106 does not limit or restrict the exercise of the general powers conferred in W.S. 1-37-102 in any proceeding where declaratory relief is sought, in which a judgment or decree will terminate the controversy or remove an uncertainty.”
Reiman Corp. v. City of Cheyenne, 838 P.2d 1182 (Wyo. 1992). · cites it 4× “Wyo. Stat. § 1-37-102 (1988). Edson R. Sunderland captured the essence of the effect of the declaratory judgment on the administration of justice by explaining that, before the advent of the declaratory judgment, "courts were employed only as repair shops; since that time they…”
Lyle L. Williams v. State of Wyoming ex rel., Univ. of Wyoming Bd. of Trs., 2019 WY 90 (Wyo. 2019). · cites it 4× “” Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-37-102 (LexisNexis 2017).”
Britain v. Britain (In re Est. of Britain), 425 P.3d 978 (Wyo. 2018). · cites it 2× “The Act even provides that the enumeration of specific kinds of declarations which can be made is not a limitation on a court's power to render a declaratory judgment relating to other kinds of disputes.”
State Ex Rel. Arnold v. Ommen, 2009 WY 24 (Wyo. 2009). · cites it 2× “" Section 1-37-102. Section 1-37-103 provides further: Any person interested under a deed, will, written contract or other writings constituting a contract, or whose rights, status or other legal relations are affected by the Wyoming constitution or by a statute, municipal…”
Snake River Brewing Co. v. Town of Jackson, 2002 WY 11 (Wyo. 2002). · cites it 2× “Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-37-102 (LexisNexis 2001).”
Campbell Cnty. Sch. Dist. v. Catchpole, 6 P.3d 1275 (Wyo. 2000). · cites it 3× “The basis for such a conclusion was found in the Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act, specifically Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-37-102 and -114 (Lexis 1999), 5 and in W.”
Voss v. Goodman, 2009 WY 40 (Wyo. 2009). · cites it 2× “Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-37-102 (LexisNexis 2007).”
Shumway v. Worthey, 2001 WY 130 (Wyo. 2001). · cites it 2× “1-37-103 through 1-37-106 does not limit or restrict the exercise of the general powers conferred in W.S. 1-37-102 in any proceeding where declaratory relief is sought, in which a judgment or decree will terminate the controversy or remove an uncertainty.”
In Re Rights to Use Water in Big Horn River, 753 P.2d 76 (Wyo. 1988). · cites it 2× “Section 1-37-102, W.S. 1977, provides that "such declarations shall have the effect of a final judgment.”
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