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

Wyoming Supreme Court / Joined 1972 / Served to 1978

Rodney Guthrie

Justice, Wyoming Supreme Court

Rodney Guthrie was a Justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court, who joined the court in 1972. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1909–1991
Tenure: 1972–1978 · 6 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1972	Wyoming Supreme Court	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Guthrie authored 109 published opinions for the court (1972–1979), plus 4 dissents and 19 concurrences. Most cited: Brimmer v. Thomson (96 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. 119 of these were attributed to Guthrie 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
1974	Brimmer v. Thomson†	521 P.2d 574	96
1978	Chrysler Corp. v. Todorovich	580 P.2d 1123	91
1977	Goodman v. State· Concurrence†	573 P.2d 400	87
1976	BOARD OF TRUSTEES, LARAMIE CTY SCH. D. NO. 1 v. Spiegel· Concurrence†	549 P.2d 1161	87
1977	Johnson v. Safeway Stores, Inc.· Concurrence†	568 P.2d 908	79
1978	Oroz v. Board of County Com'rs of Carbon County†	575 P.2d 1155	77
1974	Maxted v. Pacific Car & Foundry Company†	527 P.2d 832	76
1972	Lonquest v. State†	495 P.2d 575	75
1975	Oldham v. State†	534 P.2d 107	71
1974	Wyoming Bancorporation v. Bonham†	527 P.2d 432	71
1976	Hoskins v. State· Concurrence†	552 P.2d 342	69
1974	Hays v. State†	522 P.2d 1004	65
1974	Markle v. Williamson· Concurrence†	518 P.2d 621	61
1977	Thomas v. State†	562 P.2d 1287	58
1975	Peters Grazing Association v. Legerski· Dissent†	544 P.2d 449	58

Showing the 15 most-cited of 133 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 Rodney Guthrie on?: Rodney Guthrie was a Justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court.

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6 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).