Court Opinion

ID: 9564901
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 19:11:06.296763+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:19:14.372207
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THOMAS, Justice,
specially concurring.
In my view, Justice Urbigkit has captured the appropriate rationale for dismissal of this appeal. Consequently, I join in his concurring opinion, but I think it is appropriate to add the following comment of my own.
In Brasel & Sims Construction Company, Inc. v. State Highway Commission of Wyoming, Wyo., 655 P.2d 265 (1982), this court held that an administrative body does not have authority to adjudicate contract disputes involving contracts to which it is a party, unless that authority specifically has been granted. See also State Highway Commission of Wyoming v. Brasel & Sims Construction Company, Inc., Wyo., 688 P.2d 871 (1984), and Rissler & McMurry Company, Inc. v. Wyoming Highway Department, Wyo., 582 P.2d 583 (1978) (Justice Raper and Justice Thomas dissenting). In addition to the views of Justice Urbigkit, I suggest that the statute in this instance does not appear to afford the Board of Land Commissioners the authority to adjudicate disputes arising out of its leases.