How do judges of the Wyoming Supreme Court reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.

Wyoming Supreme Court / Joined 1963 / Served to 1971

Norman B. Gray

Justice, Wyoming Supreme Court

Norman B. Gray was a Justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court, who joined the court in 1963. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1902 · age 124
Tenure: 1963–1971 · 8 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1963	Wyoming Supreme Court	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Gray authored 86 published opinions for the court (1963–1971), plus 11 dissents and 6 concurrences. Most cited: Pan American Petroleum Corp. v. Wyoming Oil & Gas Conservation Commission (92 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 103 of these were attributed to Gray by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1968	Pan American Petroleum Corp. v. Wyoming Oil & Gas Conservation Commission†	446 P.2d 550	92
1971	Alcala v. State· Dissent†	487 P.2d 448	80
1963	Ford Motor Company v. Arguello· Concurrence†	382 P.2d 886	71
1967	SCHOOL DISTRICTS NOS. 2, 3, 6, 9, AND 10 v. Cook†	424 P.2d 751	58
1971	Dobbins v. State†	483 P.2d 255	57
1964	Goodman v. Kelly†	390 P.2d 244	52
1965	Leitner v. Lonabaugh†	402 P.2d 713	49
1968	Glenn v. Board of County Commissioners, Sheridan County†	440 P.2d 1	45
1966	McKay v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States†	421 P.2d 166	44
1963	DeWitty v. Decker†	383 P.2d 734	44
1968	Fallon v. Wyoming State Board of Medical Examiners†	441 P.2d 322	43
1968	Ballinger v. State· Dissent†	437 P.2d 305	38
1970	Mealey v. City of Laramie†	472 P.2d 787	33
1965	Emery v. Emery· Dissent†	404 P.2d 745	33
1963	Stolldorf v. Stolldorf†	384 P.2d 969	32

Showing the 15 most-cited of 103 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

How do judges of the Wyoming Supreme Court reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.
Which court was Norman B. Gray on?: Norman B. Gray was a Justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court.

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8 years on the Wyoming Supreme Court. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).