NCJ Number
164817
Date Published
1996
Length
8 pages
Annotation
This report presents information on court personnel and data on case processing for Wyoming's Supreme Court for 1995.
Abstract
The names of the justices are listed along with the date each was appointed. A summary of the caseload presents the number of cases pending on December 31, 1994, according to case type, along with the number of filings, rehearings granted, dispositions, and cases pending on December 31, 1995, by case type. An analysis of cases pending presents the number filed for each of the years 1993, 1994, and 1995 by case type. Data on manner of dispositions (by opinion or by order) are shown by case type, and data on opinion activity present the number of majority opinions for each justice currently on the bench, along with those of retired justices, district judges, and per curiam. The disposition of cases by opinion shows the number of cases affirmed, reversed, remanded, dismissed, "mixed," and "other" by each sitting justice, retired justices, district judges, and per curiam. Other written opinions filed with majority opinions, along with minority position without written opinions are presented for each sitting justice, retired justices, and district judges. The trend in majority opinions written is shown for each of the years 1985-94 for each sitting justice, each retired justice, district judges as a group, and per curiam. Data on the trend in caseload activity address cases pending the first of January for each of the years 1986-95, along with case filings, case dispositions, and cases pending on December 31 for these same years. Additional data on the trend in caseload activity show the total filings, total dispositions, disposition by opinion, and disposition by order for each of the years 1979-95.