"This court can have no greater jurisdiction of the subject matter than the district court."
How later courts described this case
- "This court can have no greater jurisdiction of the subject matter than the district court."
- “The first and fundamental question on every appeal is that of jurisdiction[.]” (citation omitted)
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
SPANGLER, District Judge, Retired,
dissenting.
[129] Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 21-18 , 202(a)(xiv) requires the Community College Commission to distribute state assistance in accordance with a formula. The statutes are unambiguous. The amount in question here was not distributed in accordance with that formula. There is no legislative direction to the contrary, though the legislature easily could have provided otherwise. Therefore, I would affirm the decision of the trial judge that the funds must be distributed as required by the statute.