Court Opinion

ID: 9562740
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 18:33:16.394247+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:17:30.318301
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THOMAS, Chief Justice,
specially concurring.
In the briefs and oral arguments Holdaway v. Gustanson, 546 F.Supp. 231 (D.C. Wyo.1982), rev’d sub nom. Holdaway v. Amoco Production Co., 751 F.2d 1129 (10th Cir.1984), was cited to us. As the opinion of the court in this case demonstrates, the Honorable Ewing T. Kerr, Senior Judge, United States District Court for the District of Wyoming, accurately discerned the law of the State of Wyoming, and applied it in Holdaway v. Gustanson, supra. It seems to me appropriate to note that it was he who successfully predicted the rule in the State of Wyoming applicable to a contract like that involved in this case, and that the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit should not have reversed his decision.