Michael Golden (judge)

Michael Golden (born 1942) is a Justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court.^[1][2]

Biography

Michael Golden was born in 1942.^[1] In high school, he played American League baseball with Dick Cheney in Casper, Wyoming.^[3] He received a B.A. in 1964 and a J.D. in 1967, both from the University of Wyoming.^[1][2] In 1992, he received an LLM from the University of Virginia Law School.^[1][2]

He served in the Judge Advocate General's Corps for four years.^[1][2] In 1988, he was appointed as a Justice in the Wyoming Supreme Court.^[1][2][4] From 1994 to 1996, he served as its Chief Justice.^[1][2] His term on the Supreme Court ends in January 2015.^[4] In June 2011, he authored a decision to grant divorces to same-sex married couples, despite the illegality of same-sex marriage in Wyoming.^[5][6]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} NNDB
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Official Justice biography
3. ^ Dick Cheney, In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir, New York, NY: Threshold Editions, 2011, p. 24
4. ^ ^{a b} Supreme Court of Wyoming
5. ^ Roddy Flynn, 'Recent State Court Rulings Affect LGBT Citizens in Three States', Human Rights Campaign, June 21, 2011 [1]
6. ^ Joan Barron, 'Wyoming Supreme Court reverses same-sex divorce ruling', in Casper Star-Tribune, June 7, 2011 [2]

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Name	Golden, Michael
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Short description	Justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court
Date of birth	1942
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