Kinslow Round-Up Inc. v. City of Seminole

WATT, C.J.,

with whom HODGES, J. joins, dissenting:

T1 I dissent because it seems to me that there is no way to square the majority opinion here with Sharp v. Oklahoma City, 1937 OK 685, 74 P.2d 383; Town of Luther v. State, 1967 OK 59, 425 P.2d 986; City of Claremore v. Town of Verdigris, 2001 OK 91, 50 P.3d 208; and Botsford v. City of Norman, 354 F.2d 491 (10th Cir.1965), which we cited with approval in both Town of Luther and City of Claremore.

1 2 The foregoing opinions make clear that the use by a municipality of the "strip" method to annex additional territory is a political decision with…