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The Public Meetings Act does not impose a response time.
Wyoming
Wyo. Stat. § 16-3-114(b) gives the Supreme Court the authority to determine the content of the record upon review, the pleadings to be filed, the time and manner for filing pleadings, records and other documents and the extent to which supplemental testimony and evidence may be taken or considered by the district court. Such rules would supersede existing statutory provisions.
Wyoming
"Any aggrieved or adversely affected in fact by a final decision of any agency." One must exhaust all administrative remedies before seeking judicial review. Wyo. Stat. § 16-3-114(a) (1977, Rev. 1982). In Cheyenne Newspapers v. City of Cheyenne Building Code Board of Appeals, see Foreword, the Court affirmed the right of the public and the media as its representative as having standing to contest violations of the Act.
Wyoming
The statute is silent on the issue. Courts have, however, always been quite liberal regarding the matter of pleadings in proceedings before administrative agencies. Glenn v. Board of County Comm'rs, 440 P.2d 1 (Wyo. 1968). But see Wyo. Stat. § 16-3-114(b). The Supreme Court has the authority to determine the content of the record upon review, pleadings to be filed, the time and manner for filing pleadings, records and other documents and the extent to which supplemental testimony and evidence may be taken or considered by the district court. Such rules would supersede existing statutory provisions.
Wyoming
Individuals may appear pro se, but not corporations. Experiences of those contesting violations of the Act pro se has not been positive.
Wyoming
Declaration actions as to requirements of the Act and whether any action should be found to be null and void.
Wyoming
Citizens may seek injunctive relief to prevent a body from meeting in secret. See concurrence of Justice Marilyn Kite in Cheyenne Newspapers v. City of Cheyenne Building Code Board of Appeals, see Foreword.
Wyoming
A possible remedy is an order finding any decision linked to the illegal closed session to be null and void. The agency may cure the violation by providing a new and substantial reconsideration of the action in open session.
Wyoming
Citizens may seek injunctive relief to prevent a body from meeting in secret. See concurrence of Justice Marilyn Kite in Cheyenne Newspapers v. City of Cheyenne Building Code Board of Appeals, see Foreword.
Wyoming
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