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Marilyn Kite
Marilyn S. Kite was the chief justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court. She was appointed by Republican Governor Jim Geringer and was sworn into office June 2, 2000, becoming the first woman to serve on the Wyoming Supreme Court.[1] She assumed the role of chief justice on July 1, 2010.[2][3] Kite retired from the court on August 3, 2015.[4]
Education
Kite received her B.A. from the University of Wyoming in 1970 and her J.D. from the University of Wyoming Law School in 1974.[5]
Career
Prior to her appointment to the Wyoming Supreme Court, Kite served as senior assistant attorney general for the State of Wyoming from 1974 through 1978. She entered private practice when she joined the law firm of Holland & Hart in 1979, and she was a partner in the Jackson office until her appointment to the supreme court.[6]
Awards and associations
- Member, Access to Justice Commission[2]
2010 election
Kite was retained to the supreme court in 2010.[7]
- Main article: Wyoming judicial elections, 2010
Political ideology
In October 2012, political science professors Adam Bonica and Michael Woodruff of Stanford University attempted to determine the partisan ideology of state supreme court justices. They created a scoring system in which a score above 0 indicated a more conservative-leaning ideology, while scores below 0 were more liberal.
Kite received a campaign finance score of 0.92, indicating a conservative ideological leaning. This was more conservative than the average score of 0.37 that justices received in Wyoming.
The study was based on data from campaign contributions by the judges themselves, the partisan leaning of those who contributed to the judges' campaigns, or, in the absence of elections, the ideology of the appointing body (governor or legislature). This study was not a definitive label of a justice, but an academic summary of various relevant factors.[8]
Recent news
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See also
External links
- Wyoming Judicial Branch, "Justice Marilyn S. Kite"
- Project Vote Smart, "Justice Marilyn S. Kite (WY)"
- Made in Wyoming, "Marilyn Kite snapshot story"
- Wyoming PBS, "Interview with Marilyn Kite" (video)
- 2011 State of the Judiciary Address
Footnotes
- ↑ Star-Tribune "Cheers & Jeers," March 20, 2010
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jackson Hole Daily "Kite to be chief justice," March 18, 2010
- ↑ Laramie Boomerang "First female named state supreme court chief justice," March 21, 2010
- ↑ Local News 8, "Jackson woman to retire from Wyoming Supreme Court," March 11, 2015
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Justice Marilyn S. Kite (WY)," accessed August 4, 2015
- ↑ Wyoming Judicial Branch, "Justice Marilyn S. Kite," accessed August 4, 2015
- ↑ Wyoming Secretary of State, "Statewide Judicial Retention Results," November 2, 2010
- ↑ Stanford University, "State Supreme Court Ideology and 'New Style' Judicial Campaigns," October 31, 2012
Federal courts:
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Wyoming • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Wyoming
State courts:
Wyoming Supreme Court • Wyoming District Courts • Wyoming Circuit Courts • Wyoming Municipal Courts
State resources:
Courts in Wyoming • Wyoming judicial elections • Judicial selection in Wyoming
