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The justices on the Wyoming Supreme Court want the state to understand that, unlike their counterparts in Washington, they don’t select the cases that reach their chamber in Cheyenne.

Any case in Wyoming that’s appealed beyond the district court lands in their courtroom, and requires a resolution from the five justices.

“We just take them as they come. We don’t get to pick and choose,” Chief Justice Lynne Boomgaarden told WyoFile on Wednesday.

She made the remarks in an hour-long interview, in which she was joined by Justice John Fenn. The rare sit-down between the two justices and a reporter covered topics ranging from the timeline of a highly

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