Oklahoma Goodwill Industries, Inc. v. Oklahoma Employment Security Commission

OPALA, J.,

with whom TAYLOR, V.C.J., joins, dissenting

T1 In publiclaw litigation the duty is ours-neither that of the litigants nor that of the trial court-to frame the issues to be resolved on review. The court decides this case today solely on the issues pressed by the taxpayer and conveniently forgets that this is not a private controversy but one in which this court alone is required to formulate the issues to be reached for disposition.1

12 As I analyze the record before us, the sole issue that is dispositive of the case and must be reached here is whether Oklahoma Goodwill Industries…