Legal Opinion

Spitzer v. Spitzer

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided July 3, 1989No. 87-123PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MACY, Justice.

This is an appeal from a divorce decree entered as a default judgment and which awarded alimony and a general property settlement without a hearing. Appeal is also taken from a nunc pro tunc order amending the divorce decree.

We reverse.

Appellant Harold Spitzer raises the following issues:

1. Whether Mr. Spitzer, who stands in contempt of the district court, has standing under the facts of this case to present an appeal to this Court;

2. Whether it was error for the district court to enter its divorce decree which included matters outside the divorce complaint without conducting an…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Roadway Express, Inc. v. PiperSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. National Hockey League v. Metropolitan Hockey Club, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Hammond Packing Co. v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
  4. McGuire v. McGuireWyoming Supreme Court · 1980
  5. Cine Forty-Second Street Theatre Corp. v. Allied Artists Pictures Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979

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3Cited by41 opinions

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  3. Carlson v. CarlsonWyoming Supreme Court · 1992
  4. Olsten Staffing Services, Inc. v. D.A. Stinger Services, Inc.Wyoming Supreme Court · 1996
  5. Schaub v. WilsonWyoming Supreme Court · 1998

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