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Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 5-1-107

Personal jurisdiction: the cases that interpreted this section

Jurisdiction
Wyoming
Case notes
16
Cited in passing
16
Citing cases indexed
32
Case dates
1979–2024
Screened through
2024-09-16
Courts' treatment: live
No reviewed case has held this section invalid, preempted, superseded or repealed.
This reflects what the reviewed cases said, not legislative action: a later amendment or repeal by the legislature would not appear here unless a reviewed case discussed it.

32 citing cases reviewed: 16 interpreted the section (annotated below), 16 cited it only in passing. Cases filed after 2024-09-16 may not have been reviewed yet.

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Scope of personal jurisdiction

Section 5-1-107(a) authorizes Wyoming courts to exercise personal jurisdiction over nonresident loan guarantors when the Constitution permits it.

First Wyoming Bank, N. A. Rawlins v. Trans Mountain Sales & Leasing, Inc. · filed 1979-11-19(a)

We are persuaded, however, by the authority discussed above, that the judge, acting under an express legislative command to find jurisdiction if constitutionally permissible, made a constitutionally sound determination that in personam jurisdiction could be exercised by a Wyoming court over the Fords.
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Section 5-1-107 extends Wyoming courts’ personal jurisdiction over nonresident defendants to the limits permitted by due process.

Ten Mile Industrial Park v. Western Plains Service Corp. · filed 1987-02-02

The Wyoming statute incorporates the minimum contacts standards adopted in International Shoe Co. v. Washington, 326 U.S. 310, 66 S.Ct. 154, 90 L.Ed. 95 (1945), and extends the Wyoming court’s jurisdiction to the limits of the due process clause.
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Section 5-1-107 permits personal jurisdiction on any basis consistent with the Wyoming or United States Constitutions.

Hayworth v. Beech Aircraft Corp. · filed 1988-07-25

Wyoming’s long arm statute permits the exercise of personal jurisdiction on any basis consistent with the Wyoming or United States Constitutions. Wyo.Stat. § 5-1-107 (1977). Thus, the court’s inquiry is whether exercise of personal jurisdiction is consistent with the constitutional requirements of due process.
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Section 5-1-107(a) permits Wyoming courts to exercise personal jurisdiction when the defendant’s Wyoming activities give rise to the claim and make jurisdiction reasonable.

Eddy v. Oukrop · filed 1989-12-26(a)

The three factors necessary for personal jurisdiction by the Wyoming courts under the "long arm" statute are present in this case.
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Section 5-1-107(a) permits personal jurisdiction over a nonresident only when exercising it is consistent with constitutional due process.

Cheyenne Publishing, LLC v. Starostka · filed 2004-07-23(a)

Thus, Cheyenne Publishing’s pleadings do not assert that Starostka had “minimum contacts” with this forum and, to the extent we might accept for purposes of argument that her “contacts” were “minimum,” we conclude that they are so attenuated as to render the exercise of personal jurisdiction over Starostka in Wyoming unreasonable, as well as causing the exercise of such jurisdiction to be offensive to traditional notions of “substantial justice and fair play.”
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Section 5-1-107(a) permits Wyoming courts to exercise personal jurisdiction within constitutional limits; a defendant’s purposeful availment of acting in Wyoming is required for jurisdiction based on a single act.

Meyer v. Hatto · filed 2008-12-23(a)

Pursuant to Wyoming's long-arm statute, Wyoming courts are authorized to exercise personal jurisdiction over a defendant on any basis which is not inconsistent with the Wyoming or United States constitutions. ... Under these cireumstances, we find Design Workshop did not purposely avail itself of the privilege of acting in Wyoming.
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Section 5-1-107(a) authorizes Wyoming courts to exercise personal jurisdiction over defendants to the extent permitted by the Wyoming and United States constitutions.

Black Diamond Energy Partners 2001-A Ltd. v. S & T Bank · filed 2012-06-15(a)

The courts of Wyoming are authorized by statute to exercise personal jurisdiction ... over defendants on any basis which is not inconsistent with the Wyoming or United States - constitutions. - W.S. 5-1-107(a) (1977).
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Section 5-1-107(a) authorizes Wyoming courts to exercise personal jurisdiction to the extent permitted by the Wyoming and United States Constitutions.

Weldon v. Ramstad-Hvass · filed 2013-03-05(a)

“Pursuant to Wyoming’s long-arm statute, Wyoming courts are authorized to exercise personal jurisdiction over a defendant on any basis which is not inconsistent with the Wyoming or United States Constitutions.”
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Section 5-1-107(a) authorizes Wyoming courts to exercise personal jurisdiction on any basis consistent with the Wyoming and United States Constitutions.

Paul A. Woodie and Kimberly A. Woodie A/K/A Kymberly A. Woodie A/K/A Kym Woodie, Husband and Wife v. Whitesell · filed 2019-11-14(a)

Wyoming courts, by statute, have personal jurisdiction over any person on any basis that does not violate the Wyoming or United States Constitution.
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Section 5-1-107(a) extends Wyoming courts’ personal jurisdiction to constitutional limits, so the statutory inquiry turns on due process.

Eighteen Seventy v. Jayson · filed 2022-04-26(a)

Because Wyoming’s long-arm statute confers jurisdiction “on any basis not inconsistent with the Wyoming or United States constitution,” Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 5-1-107(a), the “statute extends state court jurisdiction in Wyoming to the constitutionally permissible limit.” Shanks v. Westland Equip. and Parts Co., 668 F.2d 1165, 1167 (10th Cir. 1982). Accordingly, “the first, statutory, inquiry effectively collapses into the second, constitutional, analysis” of whether personal jurisdiction comports with due process.
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Section 5-1-107 extends Wyoming courts’ personal jurisdiction as far as the Constitution permits.

McKinney v. Riverton Memorial Hospital LLC · filed 2024-09-16

Wyoming's long-arm statute extends the jurisdictional reach of Wyoming courts as far as constitutionally permissible.
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Section 5-1-107 extends Wyoming courts’ personal jurisdiction to the constitutional limit.

Shanks v. Westland Equipment and Parts Company, Formerly Westland Trailer Co., an Oregon Corporation · filed 1982-01-21

The Wyoming long-árm statute provides that “[a] Wyoming court may exercise jurisdiction on any basis not inconsistent with the Wyoming or United States constitution.” Wyo.Stat. § 5-1-107 (1977). This statute extends state court jurisdiction in Wyoming to the constitutionally permissible limit.
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Section 5-1-107(a) permits Wyoming courts to exercise personal jurisdiction to the extent allowed by the Wyoming and United States Constitutions, so the statutory and due process inquiries collapse into one.

Medina v. Four Winds International Corp. · filed 2000-08-11(a)

Wyoming’s long-arm statute provides that “[a] Wyoming court may exercise jurisdiction on any basis not inconsistent with the Wyoming or United States constitution.” Wyo.Stat. § 5-1-107(a) (1999). Thus, in Wyoming, “this two part inquiry collapses into a single due process analysis.”
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Section 5-1-107(2) permits Wyoming courts to exercise personal jurisdiction only to the extent allowed by the Federal Constitution.

State ex rel. State Treasurer v. Moody's Investors Service, Inc. · filed 2015-05-11(2)

Wyoming's long-arm statute, like any such state statute, only allows Wyoming courts to exercise jurisdiction to the extent permitted by the Federal Constitution.
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Section 5-1-107(a) authorizes personal jurisdiction to the full extent permitted by the federal Constitution.

Employers Mutual Casualty Co. v. Bartile Roofs, Inc. · filed 2010-09-07(a)

The Wyoming long-arm statute authorizes jurisdiction to the full extent of the federal constitution. Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 5-1-107(a). Thus, we need not conduct a statutory analysis apart from the due process analysis.
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Out-of-state service and limitations tolling

Section 5-1-107 permits service outside Wyoming when the plaintiff knows where to find the defendant; its availability does not defeat limitations tolling when the defendant’s whereabouts are unknown.

Greenwood v. Wierdsma · filed 1987-08-11(b)

The policy behind the tolling provision in the statute of limitations is not rescinded by the existence of the long-arm statute, since only if Greenwood had known where to find Dr. Wierdsma, would the long-arm statute operate to permit effective service.
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16 more cases cited this section only in passing

These cases mention the section without interpreting it (a string cite, a footnote, background). Listed so you can see the full citation record, not just the annotated rulings.

Ludvik v. James S. Jackson Co., Inc., a concurring justice discusses the section’s scope, but the court’s opinion does not decide it. opinion →
Graham v. Fenno, the court quotes the section as background to personal jurisdiction, then resolves the appeal under the district court’s continuing authority to enforce its divorce decree. opinion →
L.B. Foster Co. v. Railroad Service, Inc., the court cites the Wyoming provision as an example while interpreting the Illinois long-arm statute. opinion →
Stanbury v. Larsen, the court cites the section as the long arm statute while deciding whether the limitations period was tolled. opinion →
Waterworks Industries, Inc. v. Aplex Industries, Inc., the concurrence mentions the section while distinguishing personal jurisdiction from the foreign-corporation court-access issue. opinion →
Marquiss v. Marquiss, the court cites the section as a related long-arm statute but does not decide any rule under it. opinion →
Thomason v. Chemical Bank, the court cites the section as an example of another state's long arm statute while interpreting Connecticut law. opinion →
Granite Springs Retreat Ass'n v. Manning, the court mentions § 5-1-107 only while reproducing another statute in a footnote. opinion →
Atkinson v. McLaughlin, the court mentions the section while recounting a Wyoming Supreme Court decision about tolling. opinion →
Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Wyoming Department of Revenue, the court cites the section as a general example of courts’ jurisdiction while deciding the Board’s authority under other statutes. opinion →
Lundahl v. Gregg, the court cited the section as authority for out-of-state service but resolved the dispute under Rule 4(l)(1) and the evidence of service. opinion →
H&P Advisory Limited, a United Kingdom Private Limited Company v. Randgold Resources Limited, a Jersey Corporation and B, the court cites the section to establish the reach of Wyoming’s long-arm jurisdiction, then decides the case under due process principles. opinion →
Gem City Bone & Joint v. Meister, the court cites the section as Wyoming’s source of personal jurisdiction and decides the jurisdictional challenge under constitutional due process principles. opinion →
Tep Rocky Mountain Llc, a Delaware Limited Liability Company, F/K/A Wpx Energy Rocky Mountain, Llc, a Delaware Limited L, the court cites the section as the basis for personal jurisdiction, then decides whether jurisdiction over TEP RM is proper under due process and successor-liability principles. opinion →
Credit Sage LLC v. Credit Wellness LLC, the court cites the section to describe Wyoming’s jurisdictional reach, then decides the joinder motion based on the lack of evidence of personal jurisdiction. opinion →
Green v. Wilson, the court analyzes Michigan’s personal jurisdiction statute and does not cite or apply Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 5-1-107. opinion →

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