Michael Golden
Chief Justice of Wyoming
In office
1994–1996
Preceded byRichard J. Macy
Succeeded byWilliam A. Taylor
Justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court
In office
1988 – Aug 30, 2012
Succeeded byMichael K. Davis
Personal details
Born1942 (age 81–82)
Alma materUniversity of Wyoming

Michael Golden (born 1942) was a justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court.[1][2]

Biography

Michael Golden was born in 1942.[1] In high school, he played baseball with Dick Cheney in Casper, Wyoming.[3] He received a B.A. in 1964 and a J.D. in 1967, both from the University of Wyoming.[1][2] In 1992, he received an LLM from the University of Virginia Law School.[1][2]

He served in the Judge Advocate General's Corps for four years.[1][2] In 1988, he was appointed as a Justice in the Wyoming Supreme Court.[1][2] From 1994 to 1996, he served as its chief justice.[1][2] In June 2011, he authored a decision to grant divorces to same-sex married couples, despite the illegality of same-sex marriage in Wyoming at the time.[4][5] Golden retired from the Wyoming Supreme Court in August 2012.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NNDB
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Official Justice biography Archived 2013-07-27 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Dick Cheney, In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir, New York, NY: Threshold Editions, 2011, p. 24
  4. ↑ Roddy Flynn, 'Recent State Court Rulings Affect LGBT Citizens in Three States', Human Rights Campaign, June 21, 2011 "Recent State Court Rulings Affect LGBT Citizens in Three States | Backstory Blog | Human Rights Campaign". Archived from the original on 2011-11-06. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
  5. ↑ Joan Barron, 'Wyoming Supreme Court reverses same-sex divorce ruling', in Casper Star-Tribune, June 7, 2011


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