Wyoming

Date:

August 1, 2012

Summary of statute(s): An individual who is a party to either an in-person conversation or electronic communication, or who has the consent of one of the parties to the communication, can lawfully record it or disclose its contents, unless the person is doing so for the purpose of committing a criminal or tortious act. Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 7-3-702 (2012).

Wyoming

Date:

May 1, 2012

Delinquency and dependency proceedings: Except in hearings to declare a person in contempt of court, juvenile court proceedings are generally closed to the public in Wyoming. But individuals with a proper interest in the proceedings or in the work of the court — a category of people that seemingly includes members of the news media pursuant to another statutory provision discussed below — may be admitted. Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§ 14-6-224, 14-6-424 (2011).

Wyoming high court affirms public's right to salary data

Rachel Costello | Freedom of Information | Feature | March 30, 2011

Rachel Costello

Feature

March 30, 2011

The Wyoming Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed and adopted the opinion of a lower court that school districts in the state must disclose the names and salaries of their employees under the state public records act in Laramie County School District No. One v. Cheyenne Newspapers, Inc.

Wyoming high court sides with newspaper in open meetings suit

Amanda Becker | Freedom of Information | Quicklink | January 12, 2010

Amanda Becker

Quicklink

January 12, 2010

The Wyoming Supreme Court sided with the Wyoming Tribune Eagle last week in a lawsuit over whether a building code appeals board improperly held a secret meeting to decide whether to issue demolition permits for six historic homes, The Associated Press reported.

Open meetings

Wyoming Supreme Court to redact personal data in court records

Kirk Davis | Privacy | Quicklink | November 30, 2009

Kirk Davis

Quicklink

November 30, 2009

Starting next year, the Wyoming Supreme Court will require clerks to redact birth dates, addresses, Social Security numbers and other personal information in court records, The Associated Press reported Monday.

Court records

Criminal files sealed amidst allegations of tampering

Secret Courts | Feature | November 5, 2007

Feature

November 5, 2007

Nov. 5, 2007 · After first agreeing to release the contents of a criminal file that was the subject of a tampering investigation, a Wyoming judge reversed course and sealed the entire file three days later.

Billings Gazette reporter Ruffin Prevost, working out of the newspaper's Northwest Wyoming bureau in Cody, Wyo., requested a copy of an unsealed criminal file against Alex R. Gonzalez after anonymously receiving a copy of a motion filed by the public defender to stay proceedings in the Big Horn County case.