词条 | Walter Urbigkit |
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| honorific-prefix = | name = Walter Urbigkit | honorific-suffix = | image = | alt = | caption = | office = Chief Justice of Wyoming | term_start = 1992 | term_end = 1993 | nominator = | appointer = Edgar J. Herschler | predecessor = | successor = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|11|9|mf=yes}} | birth_place = Fremont County, Wyoming | death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|10|31|1927|11|9|mf=yes}}[1] | death_place = Cheyenne, Wyoming }}Walter C. Urbigkit Jr. (November 9, 1927 {{endash}} 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] References1. ^{{cite news|title=Walter Urbigkit 1927-2011|url=http://www.wyomingnews.com/articles/2011/11/02/obituaries/02obit_11-02-11.txt#.VXWuT9JViko|accessdate=8 June 2015|agency=Wyoming Tribune Eagle|date=2 November 2011}} {{s-start}}{{s-off}}{{succession box2. ^Alumni Hall of Fame information 3. ^Duke Law & Contemporary Problems 4. ^[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE4DE123DF930A2575BC0A961948260 New York Times]. 5. ^1 2 [https://wyomingstatearchives.wikispaces.com/Walter+C.+Urbigkit%2C+Jr. Wyoming State Archives page on Walter C. Urbigkit, Jr.] 6. ^University of Wyoming Alumni Association. |title=Justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court |before=Robert R. Rose, Jr. |after=William A. Taylor |years=1985–1993}}{{s-end}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Urbigkit, Walter}}{{US-judge-stub}}{{Wyoming-politician-stub}} 7 : Members of the Wyoming House of Representatives|Wyoming Supreme Court justices|American jurists|University of Wyoming alumni|2011 deaths|Place of birth missing|1927 births |
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