# Cranston v. Thomson

> Wyoming Supreme Court · January 17, 1975 · 530 P.2d 726

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9791375

## Case

- **Full name:** Albert H. CRANSTON Et Al., Appellants (Plaintiffs Below), Wyoming Political Action Committee for Education and Wyoming State AFL-CIO (Intervenors Below), v. Thyra THOMSON, Secretary of State, Et Al., Appellees (Defendants Below); WYOMING POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE FOR EDUCATION, Appellant (Intervenor Below), Wyoming State AFL-CIO Intervenor Below), and Albert H. Cranston Et Al., (Plaintiffs Below), v. Thyra THOMSON, Secretary of State Et Al., Appellees (Defendants Below); WYOMING STATE AFL-CIO, Appellant (Intervenor Below), Wyoming Political Action Committee for Education (Intervenor Below), and Albert H. Cranston Et Al., (Plaintiffs Below), v. Thyra THOMSON, Secretary of State, Et Al., Appellees (Defendants Below)
- **Court:** Wyoming Supreme Court
- **Decided:** January 17, 1975
- **Citations:** 530 P.2d 726
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by McEWAN
- **Judges:** Parker, McEwan, Guthrie, McClintock, Armstrong
- **Cited by:** 26 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Mr. Justice McEWAN,
concurring in the dissent of Mr. Justice McCLINTOCK.
The majority seek to distinguish Brim-mer from this case on the basis that in_ Brimmer there was an attorney general’s opinion that the incumbent senators could not be candidates for governor, while in this case there was no opinion. The majority-fail to recognize that in Brimnler the opinion was issued by the deputy attorney general and the attorney general himself instituted the action and asked that the incumbent senators be declared eligible to become candidates. The bringing of such an action by the attorney general must necessarily be construed as a tacit withdrawal of the opinion and tantamount to no opinion being issued. In any event, I cannot believe that a letter from a “friendly” attorney general or a cooperative county attorney could make the difference between a matter being or not being a justi-ciable controversy.

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