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Wyoming Research Resources

This State Guide lists the major sources of law in Wyoming. Members of the Georgetown University community may seek additional assistance at the reference desk or online.

STATUTES & LEGISLATION

Constitution

• Lexis: WY - Wyoming Constitution
• Internet:
  • Constitution of the State of Wyoming (includes all Amendments through 2006)
  • Constitution of the State of Wyoming (includes all Amendments through 2008)
  • Wyoming Constitution (Wyoming Legislative Service Office)

Statutes/Code

• Print: Wyoming Statutes Annotated KFW4230 .W96 (Current)
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: WY-ST-ANN
  • Lexis: WY - Wyoming Statutes, Annotated, Constitution, Court Rules Annotated & ALS, Combined
• Internet: Wyoming Statutes

Legislative History

• Session Laws:
  • LLMC Digital (1877 - 1977)
  • HeinOnline, (1869 - )
  • Internet: Wyoming State Legislature
• Compiling Wyoming Legislative Histories (University of Wyoming Law Library)

Legislature

• State Legislature Home Page
• Guide to the Wyoming Legislature (Last updated 2002)

REGULATIONS & AGENCIES

Regulations

• Print: Weil's Code of Wyoming Rules KFW4235 .A24 1995 (Subscription cancelled. Last updated in 2008)
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: WY-ADC
  • Lexis: Not available
• Internet: State Agencies' Rules and Regulations

Executive Branch and Agencies

• Governor's Office
• Executive Orders (1969 - Current)
• State Agencies
• Attorney General Opinions
  • LLMC Digital (1893 - 1976)
  • Lexis: WY Attorney General Opinions (1977 - )
  • Attorney General's Formal Opinions (1998 - )

CASES & COURTS

Cases

• Print:
  • Pacific Reporter (1st series, 1884 - 1931)) KF135 .P2
  • Pacific reporter. Second series (1931 - 1988) KF135 .P212
  • West's Pacific reporter. Second series (1988 - 2000) KF135 .P212
  • West's Pacific reporter. Third series (2000 - ) KF135 .P213
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw:: WY-CS (state cases) & WY-CS-ALL (state and federal cases)
  • Lexis:WY Supreme Court Cases from 1870 (state cases) & WY Federal & State Cases, Combined (state & federal cases)
• Internet:
  • Supreme Court Opinions (from January 1996)

Courts

• Wyoming Judicial Branch
• Wyoming Court Rules

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• Local Government Sites
• Wyoming Association of Municipalities
• Municipal Codes and Ordinances
• Municipal Codes (select): E-code: Wyoming and Municode: Wyoming

STATE LAW REVIEWS & BAR JOURNALS

• Wyoming Law Review
  • Print: K27 .Y615 (2001 - 2010. Subscription cancelled)
  • Electronic versions (1907 - )
    
• Wyoming Lawyer (2005 - )
  • Microform: K27 .Y62 Micro (1980- )
  • Electronic version (1996 - )

ETHICS

• Wyoming State Bar
• Rules of Professional Conduct
• Westlaw: WYETH-CS (Wyoming legal ethics and professional responsibilities cases)

GENERAL

• Print: There is no general legal encyclopedia for Wyoming.
• Internet:
  • University of Wyoming School of Law Library
  • Wyoming State Law Library
  • FindLaw: Wyoming
  • Internet Law Library: Wyoming
  • Law Library of Congress: Wyoming
  • Legal Information Institute

Updated 8/09 (RR)
Updated 8/10 (ET)
Updated 6/11 (ET)