Brimmer v. Thomson

This is a case which seeks a determination of the question whether an incumbent State Senator whose term does not expire until the first Monday in January 1977 is prohibited or ineligible to seek and hold the office of Governor by virtue of § 8, Art. 3, of the Wyoming Constitution.

On March 13, 1974, the office of the Attorney General issued an official and published opinion over the signature of Sterling A. Case, Deputy Attorney General, which opinion denies or places in serious question the right of a State Senator who is serving a full term to become a candidate for another elective office…