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unusual facts about United States District Court for the District of Wyoming


Thomas Blake Kennedy

Kennedy was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming.


Gregory A. Phillips

He served as law clerk to Judge Alan Bond Johnson of the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming from 1987 to 1989.

Vicinage Clause

Professor Brian C. Kalt of Michigan State University College of Law argues that the Vicinage Clause may permit the commission of the "perfect crime" in the portion of Yellowstone National Park within the state of Idaho because the entire park is within the District of Wyoming and the Idaho portion of the park has no residents (and that a less perfect crime could be committed in the lightly populated Montana portion of the park).

Further, with the exception of the District of Wyoming, which includes the portions of Yellowstone National Park in Idaho and Montana (see below), no federal judicial district includes the territory of two or more states (although the short-lived District of Potomac once did).


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Scott W. Skavdahl

From 1994 to 1997, Skavdahl served as a judicial law clerk to Chief Judge William F. Downes of the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming.