Legal Opinion

Ethics Commission v. Keating

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided August 20, 1998No. 90010PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SUMMERS, Vice Chief Justice.

¶ 1 Governor Frank Keating and the Oklahoma Ethics Commission have joined in asking this Court to assume original jurisdiction and decide their well publicized controversy. For the reasons to be stated we grant their joint Application to Assume. Our decision is that the transportation provided to the Governor by the Department of Public Safety did not violate the Ethics Commission’s Rule, that the Rule as written is overly broad in that it purports to control the Governor’s statutorily provided security, and that it may not be enforced against the Governor in the…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Buckley v. ValeoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Abood v. Detroit Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  3. Ellis v. Brotherhood of Railway, Airline & Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express & Station EmployesSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  4. Chicago Teachers Union, Local No. 1 v. HudsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. Federal Communications Commission v. League of Women Voters of CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. Keating v. EdmondsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2001
  2. State Ex Rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass'n v. MinterSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2001
  3. HUNSUCKER v. FALLINSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2017
  4. I. T. K. v. MOUNDS PUBLIC SCHOOLSSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2019
  5. Fent v. HenrySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2011

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