# Wyoming Community College Commission v. Casper Community College District

> Wyoming Supreme Court · September 18, 2001 · 31 P.3d 1242

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9781833

## Case

- **Full name:** The WYOMING COMMUNITY COLLEGE COMMISSION; Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming State Treasurer, in Her Official Capacity; And Max Maxfield, Wyoming State Auditor, in His Official Capacity, Appellants (Defendants), v. CASPER COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT, STATE OF WYOMING; Laramie County Community College District, State of Wyoming; Northern Wyoming Community College District, State of Wyoming; Northwest Community College District, State of Wyoming; And Western Wyoming Community College District, State of Wyoming, Appellees (Plaintiffs); Fremont County Community College District, State of Wyoming; And Eastern Wyoming Community College District, State of Wyoming, Appellants (Intervenors), v. Casper Community College District, State of Wyoming; Laramie County Community College District, State of Wyoming; Northern Wyoming Community College District, State of Wyoming; Northwest Community College District, State of Wyoming; And Western Wyoming Community College District, State of Wyoming, Appellees (Plaintiffs)
- **Court:** Wyoming Supreme Court
- **Decided:** September 18, 2001
- **Citations:** 31 P.3d 1242; 2001 WY 86; 2001 Wyo. LEXIS 106
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Spangler
- **Judges:** Lehman, Thomas, MacY, Golden, Spangler, Ret
- **Cited by:** 48 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

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.

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