Lawsuit

The April hearing on the future of abortion access in the state has been years in the making.

An oil company claims it’s not responsible for plugging oil wells on the Wind River Reservation and is taking that claim to federal court.

Cheyenne schools are set to experience a major overhaul in the coming years, with eight elementaries closing. Some parents are now suing the state.

Conservation groups are suing the federal government for failing to protect a national trail in the Mountain West that they say is under ‘eco-assault’ due to industrial development.

Wyoming is joining Montana in a lawsuit against the Bureau of Land Management. The states say their concerns weren’t addressed in the federal agency’s latest decision to end new coal leasing in the Powder River Basin.

Laramie County District Court is set to hear a case in which the Wyoming Education Association accuses the state of failing to fund schools adequately for more than a decade. The bench trial begins June 3.

Wyoming has joined a lawsuit against California. The 20-state coalition claims that California, along with four other states, is engaged in litigation that threatens the energy sector nationwide.

A lawsuit alleging the state of Wyoming is not adequately funding public schools will proceed to trial, after a Laramie County judge last week dismissed the state’s request to immediately rule on parts of the case.

Riverton’s first Northern Arapaho police officer is suing the Riverton Police Department for racial discrimination, retaliation and a hostile work environment. Billy Whiteplume started working as a patrol officer in 2016 and moved to the detective division in 2021.

A judge has ruled that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints can move forward with building a temple in Cody. That’s even while litigation seeking to relocate the temple continues.