Title: LARRY T. LONG, Trustee of the LONG TRUST V. MARLIN OIL CO., LLC, a Wyoming limited liability company and BECKY J. KOLBERG, Trustee of the Grace E. Weatherwax Testamentary Trust

State: wyoming

Issuer: Wyoming Supreme Court

Document:

LARRY T. LONG, Trustee of the LONG TRUST V. MARLIN OIL CO., LLC, a Wyoming limited liability company and BECKY J. KOLBERG, Trustee of the Grace E. Weatherwax Testamentary Trust2009 WY 97214 P.3d 222Case Number: S-08-0245Decided: 08/12/2009
APRIL 
TERM, A.D. 2009

 
 
LARRY 
T. LONG, Trustee of the LONG TRUST,

 
 
Appellant

(Defendant),

 
 
v.

 
 
MARLIN 
OIL CO., LLC, a Wyoming limited liability company and BECKY J. KOLBERG, Trustee 
of the Grace E. Weatherwax Testamentary Trust,

 
 
Appellees

(Plaintiffs).

 
 
Appeal 
from the District Court of Campbell County

The 
Honorable John R. Perry, Judge

 
 
Representing 
Appellant:

Paul 
J. Drew, Drew Law Office, PC, Gillette, Wyoming.

 
 
Representing 
Appellees:

Randall 
T. Cox, Randall T. Cox, PC, Gillette, Wyoming.

 
 
Before 
VOIGT, C.J., and GOLDEN, HILL, KITE, and BURKE, 
JJ.

 
 
BURKE, 
Justice.

 
 

[¶1]        
In 
this appeal, Larry T. Long, Trustee of the Long Trust, appeals the district 
court's entry of judgment in favor of the Appellees.  Mr. Long's failure to comply with 
the Wyoming Rules of Appellate Procedure leaves us unable to review the merits 
of the district court's decision.  We will summarily affirm the decision of 
the district court and grant Appellees' request to award 
costs.

 
 

[¶2]        
Mr. Long 
did not designate any record of the proceedings before the district court.  Without a record, we have no basis for 
evaluating the district court's decision.  
The 
Appellant bears the burden of bringing a complete record to this Court for 
review.  Beeman 
v. Beeman, 
2005 WY 45, ¶ 10, 109 P.3d 548, 551 (Wyo. 2005).  When 
the Appellant does not provide a sufficient record, we assume that the district 
court's orders and rulings were correct.  Witowski v. Roosevelt, 2009 WY 5, 
¶ 37, 199 P.3d 1072, 1083 (Wyo. 2009). 

 
 

[¶3]        
Mr. 
Long's failure 
to designate the record on appeal is in violation of W.R.A.P. 3.05(b).  In addition, as 
Appellees point out, Mr. Long's brief contains no statement of the facts, in 
violation of W.R.A.P. 7.01(e)(2).  It contains no statement of the 
applicable standard of review, in violation of W.R.A.P. 7.01(f)(2).  The appendix to his brief does not 
include a copy of the district court's judgment or a statement of costs, in 
violation of W.R.A.P. 7.01(j).

 
 

[¶4]        
Mr. 
Long's violations of the rules of appellate procedure constitute 
grounds "for such 
action as the appellate court deems appropriate, including but not limited 
to:  refusal to consider the 
offending party's contentions; assessment of costs; dismissal; and affirmance." 
 W.R.A.P. 1.03; see Rodriguez v. State ex rel. Wyo. Workers' 
Safety & Comp. Div., 2006 WY 146, ¶ 4, 146 P.3d 487, 488 (Wyo. 
2006).  In this case, we conclude 
that summary affirmance of the 
district court's judgment is appropriate, and also grant Appellees' request to 
assess costs.  Appellees are 
directed to submit a statement of their costs incurred in responding to this 
appeal.  Upon review of that 
statement, we will determine the amount to be awarded.

 
 

[¶5]        
Affirmed.