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Summaries of recently decided Wyoming Supreme Court opinions and Wyoming State Law Library information (announcements, tech how-to tips, and services).

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How-to: Legal Tech Trends by Dennis Kennedy

Posted on March 12, 2008
Dennis Kennedy, an information technology lawyer and legal technologist, has written his predictions for legal technology during this potential economic recession. From LLRX.com, his Eight Legal Technology Trends for 2008 ? Good Times, Bad Times or Hard Times in Legal Tech? mentions the always sensible though dreaded word "audit" more than once...

How-to: Password Checker

Posted on March 11, 2008
You've probably seen the various suggestions about how to make a password more secure--minimum of 8 of characters, using a combination of uppercase & lowercase letters, numbers and symbols. Now you can check that strong password against Microsoft's password checker to see if it's really as good as you think...

Summary 2008 WY 27

Posted on March 11, 2008
Summary of Decision issued March 11, 2008 Summaries are prepared by Law Librarians and are not official statements of the Wyoming Supreme Court. Case Name: Blanton v. State Citation: 2008 WY 27 Docket Number: S-07-0090 Appeal from the District Court of Laramie County, the Honorable Denise Nau, Judge Representing Appellant (Defendant): Robert T...

Summary 2008 WY 26

Posted on March 06, 2008
Summary of Decision issued March 6, 2008 Summaries are prepared by Law Librarians and are not official statements of the Wyoming Supreme Court. Case Name: Vogt v. MBNA America Bank Citation: 2008 WY 26 Docket Number: S-07-0188 Appeal from the District Court of Laramie County, the Honorable Nicholas G...

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Summary 2008 WY 25

Posted on March 06, 2008
Summary of Decision issued March 6, 2008 Summaries are prepared by Law Librarians and are not official statements of the Wyoming Supreme Court. Case Name: Sam v. State Citation: 2008 WY 25 Docket Number: S-07-0057 Appeal from the District Court of Park County, the Honorable Dan Spangler, Judge Representing Appellant (Defendant): Tina N...

Summary 2008 WY 24

Posted on March 06, 2008
Summary of Decision issued March 5, 2008[SPECIAL NOTE: This opinion uses the "Universal Citation." It was given an "official" citation when it is issued. You should use this citation whenever you cite the opinion, with a P.3d parallel citation. You will also note when you look at the opinion that all of the paragraphs are numbered...

Summary 2008 WY 23

Posted on March 04, 2008
Summary of Decision issued March 3, 2008[SPECIAL NOTE: This opinion uses the "Universal Citation." It was given an "official" citation when it is issued. You should use this citation whenever you cite the opinion, with a P.3d parallel citation. You will also note when you look at the opinion that all of the paragraphs are numbered...

Sumamry 2008 WY 22

Posted on February 28, 2008
Summary of Decision issued February 28, 2008 Summaries are prepared by Law Librarians and are not official statements of the Wyoming Supreme Court. Case Name: Large v. State Citation: 2008 WY 22 Docket Number: 06-89 Appeal from the District Court of Sweetwater County, the Honorable Jere A...

Summary 2008 WY 21

Posted on February 28, 2008
Summary of Decision issued February 28, 2008 Summaries are prepared by Law Librarians and are not official statements of the Wyoming Supreme Court. Case Name: Janpol v. State Citation: 2008 WY 21 Docket Number: S-07-0036 Appeal from the District Court of Natrona County, the Honorable W...

How-to: Metadata Update

Posted on February 26, 2008
The ethics surrounding metadata in documents is still under question. For a reminder and update on metadata, see the Law.com article Where Do the Footprints of Metadata Lead? by Marcia Coyle.And if you would like to know more about how to scrub or redact your document, see our post on Word Processing Confidentiality.

New Service from the Wyoming State Law Library

Posted on February 25, 2008
Greetings! Most of you know that you can look up items through our online catalog (WYLDCAT) to see what we have on a particular subject or if we have a specific title. We have now taken that service a giant leap further! You can use the law library online catalog to not only see if we own something, but to know if it is already checked out and when it?s due, place holds, renew your books and more...

Government Information "Ask a Librarian" Service

Posted on February 25, 2008
If you ever have any research needs in government information, Wyoming has several depository libraries more than willing to help. Just in case, though, here is another great service you can take advantage of when you need government information.The U...

Summary 2008 WY 20

Posted on February 22, 2008
Summary of Decision issued February 22, 2008 Summaries are prepared by Law Librarians and are not official statements of the Wyoming Supreme Court. Case Name: Baker v. Speaks Citation: 2008 WY 20 Docket Number: S-07-0170 Appeal from the District Court of Lincoln County, the Honorable Nena R...

Summary 2008 WY 19

Posted on February 22, 2008
Summary of Decision issued February 22, 2008 Summaries are prepared by Law Librarians and are not official statements of the Wyoming Supreme Court. Case Name: State, Dep?t of Corrections v. Watts; State, Dep?t of Corrections v. Watts Citation: 2008 WY 19 Docket Number: S-07-0050; S-07-0095 Appeal from the District Court of Fremont County, the Honorable Nancy J...

Summary 2008 WY 18

Posted on February 21, 2008
Summary of Decision issued February 21, 2008 Summaries are prepared by Law Librarians and are not official statements of the Wyoming Supreme Court. Case Name: Three Way, Inc. v. Burton Enterprises, Inc.; Burton Enterprises, Inc. v. Three Way, Inc...

How-to: Law Office Technology

Posted on February 14, 2008
I started catching up on my reading yesterday when part of our network was trying to decide if it liked being bumped around by construction. (FYI--networks don't like being bumped around by construction.) Anyway, I found a couple of articles lurking from last year that may be of interest to you for technology assessment, planning, budgeting, networking, etc...

Summary 2008 WY 17

Posted on February 13, 2008
Summary of Decision issued February 13, 2008 Summaries are prepared by Law Librarians and are not official statements of the Wyoming Supreme Court. Case Name: Dee v. State Citation: 2008 WY 17 Docket Number: S-07-0185 Appeal from the District Court of Laramie County, the Honorable Edward L...

How-to: Make MS Word and OOo Writer Play Nice

Posted on February 12, 2008
If you've been experimenting with using OpenOffice.org's Writer in addition to or instead of MS Word and found a few unpleasant surprises, check out this short article from CNET.com. Dennis O'Reilly provides some tips on how to get OOo Writer and MS Word to work together better...

Summary 2008 WY 16

Posted on February 08, 2008
Summary of Decision issued February 8, 2008 Summaries are prepared by Law Librarians and are not official statements of the Wyoming Supreme Court. Case Name: Glenn v. U.P.R.R. Co. Citation: 2008 WY 16 Docket Number: S-07-0016 Appeal from the District Court of Sweetwater County, the Honorable Nen R...

Summary 2008 WY 15

Posted on February 08, 2008
Summary of Decision issued February 8, 2008 Summaries are prepared by Law Librarians and are not official statements of the Wyoming Supreme Court. Case Name: DSB, minor: JA v. State, DFS Citation: 2008 WY 15 Docket Number: S-07-0097 Appeal from the District Court of Natrona County, the Honorable Scott W...

Summary 2008 WY 14

Posted on February 08, 2008
Summary of Decision issued February 8, 2008 Summaries are prepared by Law Librarians and are not official statements of the Wyoming Supreme Court. Case Name: Crayk, F/K/A/ Glover v. Glover Citation: 2008 WY 14 Docket Number: S-07-0095 Appeal from the District Court of Laramie County, the Honorable Thomas T...

Summary 2008 WY 13

Posted on February 08, 2008
Summary of Decision issued February 8, 2008 Summaries are prepared by Law Librarians and are not official statements of the Wyoming Supreme Court. Case Name: Reay v. State Citation: 2008 WY 13 Docket Number: S-07-0053 Appeal from the District Court of Natrona County, the Honorable David B...

Summary 2008 WY 12

Posted on February 05, 2008
Summary of Decision issued February 5, 2008 Summaries are prepared by Law Librarians and are not official statements of the Wyoming Supreme Court. Case Name: Hubbard v. State Citation: 2008 WY 12 Docket Number: 06-235 Appeal from the District Court of Albany County, the Honorable John C...

Summary 2008 WY 11

Posted on February 01, 2008
Summary of Decision issued February 1, 2008 Summaries are prepared by Law Librarians and are not official statements of the Wyoming Supreme Court. Case Name: Milnes v. Milnes Citation: 2008 WY 10 Docket Number: S-07-0123 Appeal from the District Court of Platte County, the Honorable Keith G...

Summary 2008 WY 10

Posted on February 01, 2008
Summary of Decision issued February 1, 2008 Summaries are prepared by Law Librarians and are not official statements of the Wyoming Supreme Court. Case Name: Christensen v. Christensen and Hamblin Citation: 2008 WY 10 Docket Number: S-07-0061 Appeal from the District Court of Teton County, the Honorable Nancy J...

Summary 2008 WY 9

Posted on January 30, 2008
Summary of Decision issued January 30, 2008 Summaries are prepared by Law Librarians and are not official statements of the Wyoming Supreme Court. Case Name: Brown v. State Citation: 2008 WY 9 Docket Number: 06-251; S-07-0127 Appeal from the District Court of Sweetwater County, the Honorable Jere A...

Summary 2008 WY 8

Posted on January 29, 2008
Summary of Decision issued January 29, 2008 Summaries are prepared by Law Librarians and are not official statements of the Wyoming Supreme Court. Case Name: Three Sons, LLC v. Wyoming OSHA Commission Citation: 2008 WY 8 Docket Number: S-07-0077 Appeal from the District Court of Carbon County, the Honorable Wade E...

Summary 2008 WY 7

Posted on January 25, 2008
Summary of Decision issued January 25, 2008 Summaries are prepared by Law Librarians and are not official statements of the Wyoming Supreme Court. Case Name: Palmer, Jr. v. State Citation: 2008 WY 7 Docket Number: 06-273 Appeal from the District Court of Platte County, the Honorable John C...

Technology in the Courtroom

Posted on January 25, 2008
If you're considering the use of technology in pretrial and the courtroom, or even if you've already jumped that hurdle and are running the tech race, here is a great article from a judge's perspective. The Judge's Take on Technology: Pretrial and in the Courtroom by Judge Herbert Dixon and Judge Christina Habas details a variety of suggestions for using technology in the court...

Summary 2008 WY 6

Posted on January 23, 2008
Summary of Decision issued January 23, 2008 Summaries are prepared by Law Librarians and are not official statements of the Wyoming Supreme Court. Case Name: Barnes v. State Citation: 2008 WY 6 Docket Number: 06-285, 06-286 Appeal from the District Court of Laramie County, the Honorable Peter G...

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