Walter Urbigkit

Walter Urbigkit was a member of the Wyoming House of Representatives for Laramie, Wyoming, as a Democrat from 1973-1985, including two years as minority leader, and later a justice on the Wyoming Supreme Court from 1985-1993, and chief justice from 1992-1993. [ [http://www.fcsd1.com/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=1737&PHPSESSID=b9b8e76f17e59be25f96be04b60ad7fe Alumni Hall of Fame information] ] Urbigkit lost his bid for a second term in a retention election. [ [http://www.law.duke.edu/shell/cite.pl?61+Law+&+Contemp.+Probs.+127+(Summer+1998) Duke Law & Contemporary Problems] ] In 1987, Urbigkit was credited by the New York Times for advancing the use of the word "conclusory" in jurisprudence. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE4DE123DF930A2575BC0A961948260 New York Times] ]

Urbigkit attended the University of Wyoming and won its Distinguished Alumni of the Year Award in 1992 [ [http://www.wyoalumni.com/distinguishedAlumniPast.html University of Wyoming Alumni Association] ]

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