Court Opinion

ID: 9530270
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 03:58:45.996034+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:28:03.553183
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ROONEY, Justice,
specially concurring.
I find § 1-3-111, W.S. 1977 to be in violation of Art. 3, § 27, Wyoming Constitution in that it is a “special law[s] * * * granting to any corporation, association or individual * * * special or exclusive * * * immunity * * * ” for the reasons outlined in Skinner v. Anderson, 38 Ill.2d 455, 231 N.E.2d 588 (1967) as quoted in the majority opinion.
I would limit the holding thereto, and note that an enactment of a statute of limitations for bringing of the actions referred to in § 1-3-111 would be constitutional if it were all inclusive as to the class of persons against whom the actions may not be brought.
I find no pertinency to the issues in this case in Moxley v. Laramie Builders, Inc., Wyo., 600 P.2d 733 (1979), or in Tavares v. Horstman, Wyo., 542 P.2d 1275 (1975). The legislature has the right to enact reasonable statutes of limitations relative to the remedies for any actions so long as they are of general application and do not destroy fundamental rights. Chase Securities Corporation v. Donaldson, 325 U.S. 304, 65 S.Ct. 1137, 89 L.Ed. 1628 (1945), rehearing denied 325 U.S. 896, 65 S.Ct. 1561, 89 L.Ed. 2006 (1945); Perry v. Allen, 5th Cir. 1956, 239 F.2d 107; and Rand v. Bossen, 27 Cal.2d 61, 162 P.2d 457 (1945).