Wyoming Commercial Litigation Law

Jeffry V. Sheesley, et al. v. Aristatek, Inc., et al.

Laramie, Wyoming business litigation lawyers represented the parties in a breach of contract thispute. In 1999, David Sheesley, Samuel Bruce King, Thayne Routh, and John Nordin (collectively the "Founders) formed AristaTek, Inc., a Wyoming for-profit corporation. The Founders were all equal shareholders in AristaTek and constituted the Board of Directors.Toform Aris... More...

$0 (08-06-2025 - WY)

<g2> American Wild Hose Campaign, et al. v. Jon Raby, Acting Bureau of Land Management Director, et al.

Cheyenne, Wyoming civil litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiffs seeking protection for wild horses. The Bureau of Land Management manages several herds of wild horses in southern Wyoming. Under the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act, 16 U.S.C. Â§Â§ 1331â€“40, wild horses and burrosâ€”"living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the Westâ€�... More...

$0 (07-19-2025 - WY)

Mike Sikowski v. Paul Sorum

<h2> Gillette, Wyoming civil litigation breach of contract lawyer represented the Plaintiff in a breach of oral contract dispute. </h2> Mr. Sorum and Jeff Martinson each owned 50% of Clean Crude, an oil processing company. Mr. Sorum and Mr. Martinson approached Mr. Sikorski of Big Sky Limited of Wyoming (Big Sky) and inquired about leasing above-ground oil storage tanks from Big Sky. ... More...

$113537 (11-21-2024 - WY)

Jeremy Jones v. Bethany Young

<h2> Laramie, Wyoming family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce case. </h2> [¶3] Jeremy Jones and Bethany Young executed their Post-Nuptial Property Agreement ("the agreement") two days after their wedding in 2014.[1] The parties separated after six and half years, with no children born of their marriage. Mr. Jones filed a complaint for divorce, and litigation ensue... More...

$0 (06-18-2024 - WY)

Summit Construction v. Jay Koontz and Jennie L. Kennette

<h2> Worland, Wayoming civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in a contract dispute. </h2> Summit Construction (Summit) filed suit for breach of contract against Jay Koontz and Jennie L. Kennette or, in the alternative, unjust enrichment against Mr. Koontz. Summit's claims were based upon nonpayment for work performed on Mr. Koontz's home pursuant to an alleged oral... More...

$0 (08-19-2023 - WY)

Michael A. Sellers, et al. v. Phyllis M. Claudson, et al.

<h2> Cody, Wyoming civil litigation lawyers represented the parting in an adverse possession to real estate dispute. </h2> Appellants, Michael and Michelle Sellers (collectively "Sellers"), purchased 12 acres of real property located next to a 4-acre parcel of land owned by Appellees, Phyllis Claudson, William Pond, Pamela Pond, and Peggy Lou Pond Paul (collectively "Ponds").... More...

$0 (06-21-2024 - WY)

Andrew J. Johnson v. City of Cheyenne, et al.

Cheyenne, Wyoming personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights Violation theories. This matter comes before the Court on Defendant Spencer's Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 17), Defendant Estate of George W. Stanford's Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 45), and Defendant City of Cheyenne's Renewed Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim ... More...

$0 (08-20-2020 - WY)

City of Rawlins v. Stephanie Schofield

Rawlins, Wyoming civil litigation lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a wrongful termination theory. Stephanie Schofield challenged her termination from the City of Rawlins Fire Department (Fire Department). The district court determined that the procedures leading to her dismissal violated Ms. Schofield's right to due process and reversed the Rawlins Fire Department ... More...

$0 (08-24-2022 - WY)

Northern Arapaho Tribe v. Kelly Rudd and Baldwin, Crocker & Rudd

Cheyenne, Wyoming civil litigation lawyers represented Plaintiff, which sued Defendants on conversion theories. ... More...

$0 (07-22-2022 - WY)

United States of America v. Holli Telford Lundahl

Cheyenne, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with health care fraud and aggravated identity theft. Holli Telford Lundahl, age 64 of Oelrichs, South Dakota was charged with three counts of health care fraud and two counts of aggravated identity theft and was convicted. Lundahl may be sentenced to not more than 10 years in prison for each health care frau... More...

$0 (05-10-2021 - WY)

United states of America v. Albertsons, LL C d/b/a Osco

Casper, WY - The United States of America sued Albertsons, LLC d/b/a Osco Pharmacy in Caspar, Wyoming with numerous violations of the Controlled Substances Act Osco pharmacy located at 1076 CY Avenue in Casper, Wyoming, which is owned and operated by Albertsons LLC. Albertsons agreed to pay one million dollars to resolve allegations that its Casper-based pharmacy had committed numerous v... More...

$0 (01-30-2020 - WY)

United States of America v. Willie Smith

<Center> <img width="300" src="http://www.ksb.uscourts.gov/sites/ksb/files/Wichitacthse.gif"> </center> Wichita, KS - Wichita Man Sentenced In Commercial Robberies A Wichita man who robbed three stores was sentenced Tuesday to 84 months in federal prison. Willie Smith, 39, Wichita, Kan., pleaded guilty to one count of robbery. In his plea, he admitted that in 2018 he... More...

$0 (10-09-2019 - WY)

United States of America v. Darren Gonzalez

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.wyd.uscourts.gov/images/caspercourthouse.jpg"> </center> Gonzales used his personal and business bank accounts to launder the proceeds of his drug sales. After extensive investigations by state and federal law enforcement, a federal grand jury charged Gonzales with committing a multitude of drug and financial crimes. He eventually a... More...

$0 (03-12-2019 - WY)

Karl Allred v. Eli D. Bebout, et al.

[¶1] Two Wyoming citizens sought to challenge legislation that authorized two construction projects while maintaining a degree of legislative control which the citizens contend violate the Wyoming Constitution. They also alleged a pattern of letting state contracts without competitive bidding or required safeguards, contrary to the Wyoming Constitution and laws. They sought to ame... More...

$0 (01-30-2018 - WY)

United States of America v. James Keith Beirle

In February 2014, James Keith Beierle was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). At his first sentencing hearing, the district court reviewed Beierle’s criminal history from the 1980s, which included state felony convictions for burglary, robbery, and possession of a weapon by a prisoner. The court determined that these thre... More...

$0 (11-30-2017 - WY)

IN THE INTEREST OF: EHD, Minor Child, MMH and LJH v. THE STATE OF WYOMING <table> <td>

On June 18, 2015, EHD’s mother, HD (“Mother”), was discovered unconscious in the backseat of her vehicle by law enforcement with a needle protruding from her body. She held EHD in her arms and an empty bottle of rum was within reach. Mother was arrested for driving under the influence and possession of a controlled substance, and EHD was placed in protective custody after efforts to place... More...

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The People of the State of Colorado v. Darren Roman <table> <td>

Darren Roman was charged with attempted first degree murder and first degree assault, as the result of an incident in which the mother of his child suffered a knife wound to her neck and substantial cuts to her hands. He was convicted of first degree assault and sentenced to imprisonment for fifteen years. ¶4 The uncontested evidence at trial indicated that on June 7, 2009, t... More...

$0 (06-20-2017 - WY)

Roger Garling v. United States Environmental Protection Agency

Roger Garling, Sheryl Garling, and their business, R and D Enterprises, Inc., (collectively, “the Garlings”) sued the United States for damages arising from an FILED United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit March 7, 2017 Elisabeth A. Shumaker Clerk of Court - 2 - Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) raid and investigation of... More...

$0 (03-10-2017 - WY)

Lindy Grace Cunningham and Michael Chad Cunningham v. Jackson Hole Mountain Resort Corporation

Lindy and Chad Cunningham sued Jackson Hole Mountain Resort Corporation (JHMR)1 for injuries Mrs. Cunningham sustained when she collided with a trail sign while skiing. The district court granted summary judgment for JHMR, concluding the Cunninghams’ claims were barred by the terms of a release Mrs. Cunningham signed * This order and judgment is not binding precedent, except unde... More...

$0 (12-23-2016 - WY)

United States of America v. Sean O'Neil

Sean O’Neil, 35, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson on June 3, 2016, for possession of a firearm not registered in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record. O’Neil received 12 months and one day imprisonment, to be followed by two years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $400.00 fine and a $100.00 special assessment. T... More...

$0 (06-09-2016 - WY)

In the Matter of the Termination of Parental Rights To HLL and KGS, Minor Children: CLB v. State of Wyoming, Department of Family Services

Mother has had six children, but currently has custody of none of them. Her first child died at fourteen months from blunt force trauma to the head. Mother was convicted of third degree felony child abuse for her role in that tragedy. Mother’s rights to her second child were either relinquished or terminated, so far as we can tell from the record. Rights to her third and fourth children wer... More...

$0 (04-13-2016 - WY)

Brittany Leanne Poignee v. The State of Wyoming

In 2008, the State charged Ms. Poignee with one count of delivery of methamphetamine, in violation of Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 35-7-1031(a)(i) (LexisNexis 2015). The charged crime was a felony and carried maximum penalties of twenty years in prison and/or a fine of $25,000. Id. She entered a plea of no contest to the charge on February 24, 2009, but the proceedings were deferred pursuant to Wyo. Stat... More...

$0 (04-09-2016 - WY)

Robert L. Kroenlein Trust By and Through Deborah Alden, Successor Trustee, and Chugwater Brewing Company, Inc., a Wyoming Corporation Gary v. Bruce Kirchhefer, Commodore Bar, Inc., Rick L. Bowen, Silver Dollar Bar of Lusk, Llc., and Larry H. Halligan

J&B Package Liquor (J&B) is a liquor store located in Torrington, Wyoming. J&B was originally owned by the Robert L. Kroenlein Trust (Kroenlein Trust), and prior to November 2004, was operated and managed by Robert Kroenlein and his wife, Betty Kroenlein. In November 2004, both Robert and Betty Kroenlein passed away and their daughter, Deborah Alden, became the successor trustee of the Kroenlein... More...

$0 (03-21-2016 - WY)

Pennaco Energy, Inc. v. Brett L. Sorenson, Trustee of the Brett L. Sorenson Trust Dated November 2, 2011

Sorenson owns a ranch along the Powder River near the town of Arvada, Wyoming. The ranch land is a split estate for mineral development purposes; that is, the surface estate is owned by Sorenson and the mineral estate is owned by several parties. Specifically, the minerals are owned in part by seven private parties, the State of Wyoming and Sorenson. The third party mineral owners, including t... More...

$0 (03-20-2016 - WY)

In the Interest of Cra, a Minor Child v. The State of Wyoming

Appellant, DB, is the father of CRA, who was born in 2008. EA is CRA’s mother. In January of2010, the district court in Sweetwater County issued a judgment and order establishing CRA’s paternity and placing CRA in the primary physical custody of EA. EA and CRA lived in Sweetwater County and DB lived in Laramie County. [¶5] On Sunday, May 18, 2014, Rock Springs police arrested and inca... More...

$0 (02-24-2016 - WY)

Sky Harbor Air Service, Inc. v. Cheyenne Regional Airport Board, a Wyoming Corporation

In 2008, Sky Harbor initiated litigation against the Airport in the United States District Court for Wyoming, based on the Paint Shop lease. Sky Harbor Air Serv., Inc. v. Reams, 491 Fed. Appx. 875, 879 (10th Cir. 2012). Sky Harbor asserted claims for extortion, fraud, conspiracy, defamation, violation of Constitutional rights, breach of contract, and multiple other causes of action. Id. at 880. Th... More...

$0 (02-09-2016 - WY)

Basic Energy Services, L.P. v. Petroleum Resource Management, Corp., and PRM Partners I, LLC

PRM Partners is a leaseholder of lands which cover an oil well identified as Fuller Federal No. 5-18 (No. 5-18)near Shoshoni, Wyoming. PRM Partners designated PRM1 as operator of No. 5-18 on January 1, 2000. PRM later contracted with Hot Oil to “furnish all necessary labor and equipment to perform in a good and workmanlike manner the pumping services . . . on [No. 5-18.]”2 The Well Pumping ... More...

$0 (02-07-2016 - WY)

Byron Nelson Griggs v. The State of Wyoming

In January 2012, the Department of Family Services (DFS) took RM’s three children (sisters CM and SM and brother JM) into custody on allegations of neglect because their home was filthy and the children had chronic head lice. The children were placed with foster parents, who also had other foster children in their care. [¶5] The foster family went camping in the summer of 2012, and on... More...

$0 (02-02-2016 - WY)

Nathaniel Castellanos V. The State of Wyoming

On August 23, 2011, Mr. Castellanos decided to take a few days leave from his employment to deal with the stress he was experiencing from a break-up with his fiancé that afternoon and from child custody disputes he was having with his ex-wife. That evening, he sent text messages to his friend Megan McIntosh inviting her for a beer and to play poker at Mingles Bar in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The two ... More...

$0 (01-26-2016 - WY)

Pennaco Energy, Inc. v. Kd Company Llc, a Wyoming Close Limited Liability Company

The ranch lands at issue in these cases are located in the Powder River Basin in Sheridan County and Johnson County, Wyoming. During the 1990s, Pennaco acquired interests in oil and gas leases for the mineral estate underlying the ranch lands. Pennaco then made contracts with the surface owners, who were predecessors of KD and Hollcroft. In those contracts, the surface owners granted Pennaco th... More...

$0 (12-02-2015 - WY)

North Fork Land & Cattle, Lllp v. First American Title Insurance Company

Between 1983 and 1999, Ronald and Carol Hansen purchased five separate properties and combined them to form a ranch in Fremont County, Wyoming. The Hansens held title to four of the properties as husband and wife. They obtained title insurance on the properties from First American and were named personally as insureds. Mr. Hansen held title to the other parcel as trustee of his revocable trust... More...

$0 (11-24-2015 - WY)

Cloud v. State Of Wyoming

On August 26, 2009, Appellant Wyatt Bear Cloud and two co-defendants were involved in the armed burglary of a residence in Sheridan, Wyoming. During the course of the burglary, one of Bear Cloud's co-defendants shot and killed one of the home's residents. Bear Cloud was charged with, and ultimately pleaded guilty to, Murder in the First Degree (Felony-Murder), in violation of Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-... More...

$0 (11-23-2015 - WY)

Wyo-Ben, Inc., a Corporation v. Boyd J. Van Fleet

The State of Wyoming issued a gentleman by the name of D.K. Jones a patent for the property involved in this case in 1955. A couple of decades passed before he and his wife (who was on the title by that time) entered into a mining lease which covered their property and some neighboring lands with Wyo-Ben on November 1, 1970. This conveyance is known as the Jones-Manning lease. [¶4] The lease a... More...

$0 (11-19-2015 - WY)

Continental Western Insurance Company v. James Black, Jj Bugs, Ltd., Andrew Gustafson, Individually, and as Personal Representative of Stephanie Gustafson, Charles Adsit, Joe Patterson, and Mia Patterson

On December 27, 2010, James Black purchased three refrigerated trailers from Keizer Trailer Sales, Inc. (Keizer). The purchase was made pursuant to an Offer of Purchase Agreement (Purchase Agreement) prepared by Keizer. On its front side, the Purchase Agreement set forth the total price of the trailers and specified the following terms (with our emphasis added): These trailers are being purchas... More...

$0 (11-16-2015 - WY)

Del Bartel and Dale Thurgood v. David C. West

On December 17, 2009, Appellants and the company they own, High Desert, LLC, filed suit against David Fisher, Constance Millet, and Rocky Mountain Title Insurance Agency of Lincoln County, alleging breach of contract, intentional and negligent misrepresentation, fraud, and other claims arising from an unfulfilled real estate purchase agreement. Appellants alleged that High Desert was the seller of... More...

$0 (10-19-2015 - WY)

Del Bartel and Dale Thurgood v. David C. West

On December 17, 2009, Appellants and the company they own, High Desert, LLC, filed suit against David Fisher, Constance Millet, and Rocky Mountain Title Insurance Agency of Lincoln County, alleging breach of contract, intentional and negligent misrepresentation, fraud, and other claims arising from an unfulfilled real estate purchase agreement. Appellants alleged that High Desert was the seller of... More...

$0 (10-15-2015 - WY)

Jean Best v. Brianna Best

This case concerns a dispute regarding who is entitled to the proceeds of a retirement annuity contract. Kevin Best, the father of Brianna Best and ex-husband of Jean Best,1 made contributions to employer-sponsored retirement accounts administered by the Variable Annuity and Life Insurance Company (“VALIC”). Approximately three years after Kevin executed the beneficiary designation on his r... More...

$0 (09-30-2015 - WY)

In re: The General Adjudication of All Rights to Use Water in the Big Horn River System and All Other Sources, State of Wyoming, Betty Whitt v. Hat Bar Cattle Company and the State of Wyoming

This appeal arises from the general adjudication of water rights in the Big Horn River system. The adjudication began on January 24, 1977, and was divided into three phases. Phase I dealt with Indian reserved water rights, Phase II with non-Indian reserved water rights, and Phase III with state water rights evidenced by a permit or certificate. In re General Adjudication of All Rights to Use W... More...

$0 (09-16-2015 - WY)

United States of America v. Steven P. Burns

In this direct criminal appeal, Defendant-Appellant Steven Burns challenges the amount of restitution that the district court ordered him to pay. Having jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. § 3742(a) and 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we AFFIRM. I. BACKGROUND Burns, a custodian at the Rock Springs, Wyoming post office, pled guilty to one count of possessing stolen mail in violation of 18 U.S.C. �... More...

$0 (09-10-2015 - WY)

Mountain Vista Retirement Residence v. Freemont County Assessor

Mountain Vista presents three issues on appeal: 1. Whether the Fremont County Board of Equalization (the County Board) erred in determining that Mountain Vista Retirement Residence (Mountain Vista) is not entitled to exemption from ad valorem tax as a charitable or benevolent association because it serves a limited number of people, notwithstanding the substantial benefit to the entire public... More...

$0 (09-02-2015 - WY)