STEFFEY v. CITY OF CASPER

Nos. 2908, 2920, 2933

357 P.2d 456 (1960)

Paul E. STEFFEY, L. Louise Steffey and Florence Slack, Partners, doing business under the name and style of Zephyr Cleaners, The Sperry and Hutchinson Company, a corporation, and Gold Bond Stamps, Inc., a corporation, Appellants (Plaintiffs below), v. CITY OF CASPER, a municipal corporation, W. S. Anderson, Mayor of the City of Casper, Paul Danigan, Chief of Police of the City of Casper, and Frank Bowron, Municipal Magistrate of the City of Casper, as agents of the City of Casper, Natrona County, Wyoming, Appellees (Defendants below). CASPER COMMISSARY, INC. et al., Appellants (Intervenors below), v. GOLD BOND STAMPS, INC., a Corporation, et al., Appellees (Plaintiffs below), and Thomas O. Miller, Attorney General of the State of Wyoming, et al., Appellees (Defendants below). Norman B. GRAY (substituted for Thomas O. Miller), Attorney General of the State of Wyoming; Bernard E. Cole, County and Prosecuting Attorney, Laramie County, Wyoming; Norbert E. Tuck, Sheriff, Laramie County, Wyoming, Appellants (Defendants below), v. GOLD BOND STAMPS, INC., a Corporation; National Gift Seal Company of Wyoming, a Corporation; Pioneer Savings Stamps, Inc., of Colorado, a Corporation; the Sperry and Hutchinson Company, a Corporation, Appellees (Plaintiffs below).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

On Rehearing January 23, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No. 2908:

Robert A. Burgess, W.J. Wehrli, Houston G. Williams, Casper, John U. Loomis, Cheyenne, Robert W. Sweet and Donald W. Dowd, New York City, Donald C. Rogers, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellants.

Rose, Rose & Fisher, Casper, for appellees.

No. 2920:

Rose, Rose & Fisher, Casper, for appellants.

Robert A. Burgess, Casper, Loomis, Lazear & Wilson, Cheyenne, W.J. Wehrli and Houston G. Williams, Casper, Guy & Phelan, Cheyenne, Casey, Lane & Mittendorf, New York City, and Donald C. Rogers, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellees.

No. 2933:

Norman B. Gray, Atty. Gen., and Bernard E. Cole, County and Pros. Atty., Cheyenne, for appellants.

Guy & Phelan and Loomis, Lazear & Wilson, Cheyenne, W.J. Wehrli and Winter, Burgess & Forrister, Casper, Casey, Lane & Mittendorf, New York City, and Levitt, Palmer & Rogers, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellees.

Before BLUME, C.J., and PARKER and HARNSBERGER, JJ.


On Rehearing January 23, 1961. See 358 P.2d 951.

Mr. Chief Justice BLUME delivered the opinion of the court.

Two cases involving the validity of the so-called trading stamps were consolidated for hearing in this court. In one of these cases, from Laramie County, called the Cheyenne case, Gold Bond Stamps, Inc., et al., were plaintiffs and the Attorney General and the County and Prosecuting Attorney and Sheriff of Laramie County...

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