Wyoming Statutes
Wyo. Stat. § 40-26-137 (2026)
Pattern or practice case; penalties.
✓ current as of May 2026
Find cases:
SyfertCases citing this section
WY-LEGwyoleg.gov
JustiaTitle on Justia
CornellLII Search
CasesGoogle Scholar
(a) The attorney general may file a claim for relief in
district court for appropriate relief if the enforcing authority
has reasonable cause to believe that a person is engaged in a
pattern or practice of resistance to the full enjoyment of a
right granted under this chapter or a person has been denied a
right granted by this chapter and that denial raises an issue of
general public importance.
(b) In an action under this section, the court may:
(i) Award preventive relief, including a permanent or
temporary injunction, restraining order, or other order against
the person responsible for a violation of this chapter as
necessary to assure the full enjoyment of the rights granted by
this chapter;
(ii) Award other appropriate relief, including
monetary damages, reasonable attorney's fees, and court costs;
and
(iii) To vindicate the public interest, assess a
civil penalty against the respondent in an amount that does not
exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) for a first violation
and one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) for a second or
subsequent violation.
(c) A person may intervene in an action under this section
if the person is a person aggrieved by the discriminatory
housing practice or a party to a conciliation agreement
concerning the discriminatory housing practice.Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2017–2017 · leading case: MMH v. State, 405 P.3d 222 (Wyo. 2017).
MMH v. State, 405 P.3d 222 (Wyo. 2017). “§ 40-26-137 (granting persons aggrieved by a discriminatory housing practice a right to intervene in actions filed by the attorney general).”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the
Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and
treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.