Thornley v. Wyoming Highway Department, Motor Vehicle Division

The appellants in this case are questioning the constitutionality of the Wyoming Motor Vehicle Safety-Responsibility Act. They petitioned the district court for a review of the superintendent’s suspension of the owner’s registration and the driver’s license because of failure to comply with the provisions of the Act.

Pamela Jo Thornley, while driving a motor vehicle registered in the name of her husband, Erwin Robert Thornley, was involved in an accident with a vehicle owned and driven by Dwight A. Nordin.

Pursuant to the provisions of §§ 31-277 to 31-315, W.S.1957, C. 1967, the superintendent…