Walter Urbigkit | |
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Chief Justice of Wyoming | |
In office 1992–1993 | |
Appointed by | Edgar J. Herschler |
Succeeded by | Richard J. Macy |
Personal details | |
Born | Fremont County, Wyoming, U.S. | November 9, 1927
Died | October 31, 2011[1] Cheyenne, Wyoming, U.S. | (aged 83)
Relatives |
Ralph Urbigkit (brother) Dale Urbigkit (nephew) |
Education |
University of Wyoming (
BA) University of Wyoming College of Law ( JD) |
Walter C. Urbigkit Jr. (November 9, 1927 – October 31, 2011) was a member of the Wyoming House of Representatives for Laramie, Wyoming, as a Democrat from 1973 to 1985, including two years as minority leader, and later a justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court from November 1, 1985, to January 1993, serving as chief justice from 1991 to 1993. [2] Urbigkit lost his bid for a second term in a retention election in November 1992. [3] In 1987, Urbigkit was credited by the New York Times for advancing the use of the word "conclusory" in jurisprudence. [4]
Born in Burris, Wyoming to Walter C. and Bertha (Miller) Urbigkit, he graduated from Fremont County Vocational High School in 1945, [5] and then received a B.A. from the University of Wyoming in 1949; he won the university's Distinguished Alumni of the Year Award in 1992. [6] He received a J.D. from the University of Wyoming College of Law in 1951, and served in the United States Army during the Korean War. [5] He then served as an attorney in the United States Veterans Administration from 1953 to 1955, when he left government to open a private law practice in Cheyenne. [5]
Walter Urbigkit | |
---|---|
Chief Justice of Wyoming | |
In office 1992–1993 | |
Appointed by | Edgar J. Herschler |
Succeeded by | Richard J. Macy |
Personal details | |
Born | Fremont County, Wyoming, U.S. | November 9, 1927
Died | October 31, 2011[1] Cheyenne, Wyoming, U.S. | (aged 83)
Relatives |
Ralph Urbigkit (brother) Dale Urbigkit (nephew) |
Education |
University of Wyoming (
BA) University of Wyoming College of Law ( JD) |
Walter C. Urbigkit Jr. (November 9, 1927 – October 31, 2011) was a member of the Wyoming House of Representatives for Laramie, Wyoming, as a Democrat from 1973 to 1985, including two years as minority leader, and later a justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court from November 1, 1985, to January 1993, serving as chief justice from 1991 to 1993. [2] Urbigkit lost his bid for a second term in a retention election in November 1992. [3] In 1987, Urbigkit was credited by the New York Times for advancing the use of the word "conclusory" in jurisprudence. [4]
Born in Burris, Wyoming to Walter C. and Bertha (Miller) Urbigkit, he graduated from Fremont County Vocational High School in 1945, [5] and then received a B.A. from the University of Wyoming in 1949; he won the university's Distinguished Alumni of the Year Award in 1992. [6] He received a J.D. from the University of Wyoming College of Law in 1951, and served in the United States Army during the Korean War. [5] He then served as an attorney in the United States Veterans Administration from 1953 to 1955, when he left government to open a private law practice in Cheyenne. [5]