State ex rel. Cartwright v. Ogden

LAVENDER, Justice:

Original jurisdiction is properly urged pursuant to Art. 7, § 4 of the Oklahoma Constitution which provides: “The original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court shall extend to a general superintending control over all inferior courts and all *143Agencies, Commissions and Boards created by law.”

The issues which are hereinafter discussed are matters of publici juris.

We therefore assume original jurisdiction.

Following the rendition of our opinion in Oklahoma Ed. Ass’n, Inc. v. Nigh, Okl., 642 P.2d 230, rehearing denied March 30, 1982, the State of Oklahoma, trustee of the State and…