Court Opinion

ID: 9534507
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 04:40:26.292539+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:30:58.797031
License: Public Domain

McINTYRE, Justice
(concurring).
My personal opinion is that an action for declaratory judgment is a proper remedy for a case of this kind, and that plaintiff’s complaint should not have been dismissed without a hearing on the issues asserted. However, I must agree courts are allowed a certain latitude in denying the remedy of declaratory judgment when it appears a more appropriate remedy is available.
No purpose would be served by stating divergent views as to which of the remedies available for an action of this kind would be more appropriate. Chief Justice Parker has stated in his opinion that, among other available remedies, a mandatory injunction against the state veterinarian would accomplish the announced purpose of plaintiff, if the exact violation is stated and the persons or agencies said to be violators are joined.
This pronouncement gives the Wyoming Humane Society substantially what it has sought in its appeal in the instant case. For practical purposes, the initiation of such an action would be equivalent to a reversal in the present case, since a reversal would still require this case to be remanded for trial on the issues, asserted. Also, if persons or agencies said to be violators are joined, in the event of a suit for mandatory injunction, it may avoid a question as to whether all necessary parties are before the court.