Fillable Civil Cover Sheet (Page 2 of 2) in pdf

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ATTORNEYS OR PRO SE LITIGANTS COMPLETING THE CIVIL COVER SHEET

Authority for Civil Cover Sheet

The civil cover sheet and the information contained herein neither replaces nor supplements the filings and service

of pleadings or other papers as required by law. This form, approved by the Wyoming Supreme Court, is required

for the use of the Clerk of Court for the purpose of initiating the civil docket sheet. Consequently, a civil cover sheet

is submitted to the Clerk of Court for each civil case filed. The attorney or pro se litigant filing a case should

complete the form as follows:

Caption. Enter names of the plaintiff and defendant and the address for the plaintiff. If the plaintiff or

defendant is a government agency, use only the full name or standard abbreviations. If the plaintiff or defendant is

an official within a governmental agency, identify first the agency and then the official, giving both name and title.

Nature of Suit. Place an “X” in the appropriate box. ONE AND ONLY ONE BOX SHOULD BE

II.

CHECKED. If the nature of suit cannot be determined, because the cause of action fits more than one nature of suit,

select the most determinative. Some descriptions may require clarification. See below:

Contract Subtypes

Business Organization Litigation (Corporate, Partnership or L.L.C. dissolution or accounting)

Contract Other (not debt collection) (including Specific Performance but not Wrongful Termination)

Property Subtypes

Property with Mineral Rights (e.g., Quiet Title, Ejectment)

Property w/o Mineral Rights (e.g., Adverse Possession, Condemnation, Easements, Ejectment, Gifts, Historic

Preservation Rights, Quiet Title, Solar Rights, Survivor Rights, Title, Trust, Unclaimed Property, Uniform

Transfer to Minors, Property Conveyance including Mortgages and Deeds of Trust)

Tort Subtypes

PI or WD = Personal Injury or Wrongful Death

Personal Injury Unspecified (e.g., slip and fall, defamation, assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional

distress, false imprisonment, invasion of privacy)

Property Damage (e.g., negligence, trespass, nuisance)

Tort Unspecified (e.g., fraud, restraint of trade, conversion, replevin)

Wrongful Termination of Employment (sounding in Contract, Title VII, ADEA, or Breach of Implied Covenant of

Good Faith and Fair Dealing)

Domestic Relations Subtypes

A petition containing a child support action should be labeled a child support case even if other actions (i.e., custody,

visitation, paternity) are included in the petition.

III.

Related Cases. This section is used to reference related cases, if any. If there are related cases, involving

the same parties or children, insert the docket numbers and the corresponding judge names for such cases.

IV.

$ Amount in Controversy. In this space, enter the dollar amount (in thousands of dollars) being demanded

or indicate other demand such as preliminary injunction.

Attorney or Pro Se Litigant Signature and Date. Sign and date the civil cover sheet.

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