Legal Opinion

Powers v. State

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided January 28, 2014No. S-13-0052PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BURKE, Justice.

[T1] This matter comes before us as four certified questions from the district court for the First Judicial District of Wyoming. These questions ask us to determine whether Senate Enrolled Act 0001 violates the Wyoming Constitution. We conclude the Act unconstitutionally deprives the State Superintendent of Public Instruction of the power of "general supervision of the public schools" that is entrusted to the Superintendent in Article 7, Section 14 of the Wyoming Constitution.1

CERTIFIED QUESTIONS

[¶2] The district court certified four questions to this Court. However, we find…

2Cases cited41 opinions

  1. Washakie County School District Number One v. HerschlerWyoming Supreme Court · 1980
  2. Rasmussen v. BakerWyoming Supreme Court · 1897
  3. The People Ex Rel. Jackson v. . PotterNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
  4. Thomson v. Wyoming In-Stream Flow CommitteeWyoming Supreme Court · 1982
  5. Zancanelli v. Central Coal & Coke Co.Wyoming Supreme Court · 1918

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3Cited by18 opinions

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