Wyoming Supreme Court

Infobox_High_Court
court_name = Wyoming Supreme Court


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established =
country = United States
location = Cheyenne, Wyoming
type = Executive appointment
authority = Wyoming State Constitution
terms = 8 years
positions = 5
website = [http://www.courts.state.wy.us/ Official site]
chiefjudgetitle = Chief Justice
chiefjudgename = Barton R. Voigt
termstart = 2006
termend = 2010
termend2 = 2017The Wyoming Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The Court consists of a Chief Justice and four Associate Justices. Each Justice is appointed by the Governor of Wyoming for an eight-year term. The five Justices select the Chief Justice from amongst themselves. The person chosen serves as Chief Justice for four years.

The current Wyoming Supreme Court includes:
*Chief Justice Barton R. Voigt
*Justice Michael Golden
*Justice William U. Hill
*Justice Marilyn S. Kite
*Justice E. James Burke

In 1974, Chief Justice Leonard McEwan (1925-2008) stepped down from the high court in Cheyenne to assume the Fourth District judgeship in Sheridan, where he had earlier practiced law. McEwan is thus far the only Supreme Court justice in Wyoming history to moved to a lower court judgeship. McEwan was narrowly elected to the high court in 1968 on a nonpartisan ballot.

External links

* [http://www.courts.state.wy.us/ Official site]