Legal Opinion
Garman Ex Rel. Garman v. Campbell County School District No. 1
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 23, 2010No. 08-8101PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’BRIEN, Circuit Judge.
In 1978, the Wyoming Supreme Court abrogated sovereign immunity for counties, municipal corporations, school districts, and other subdivisions of the government. Oroz v. Bd. of Cnty. Comm’rs of Cnty. of Carbon, 575 P.2d 1155,1158 (Wyo. 1978). In response, the Wyoming legislature enacted the Wyoming Governmental Claims Act (WGCA), Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§ 1-39-101 to 121, which became effective on July 1, 1979. See Scott v. Sch. Dist. No. 6, 815 F.Supp. 424, 426 (D.Wyo. 1993). “The legislature chose a ‘close-ended’ statutory scheme, which reasserts governmental immunity but…
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