Legal Opinion
Opinion No. (2006)
Oklahoma Attorney General Reports
Decided May 3, 2006Published
1Opinion of the Court
Dear Representative Adkins:
This office has received your request for an official Attorney General Opinion in which you ask, in effect, the following questions:
Are "owners of any telegraph or telephone lines" and "telephone or telegraph corporation[s] or association[s] authorized to do a . . . transmission business . . . for such purpose" in the state of Oklahoma pursuant to 18 O.S. 2001, § 601[18-601](a) and OKLA. CONST. art. IX, § 2, required to obtain municipal franchise agreements prior to:
1. using their facilities located within public rights-of-way to provide transmission services in…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Television Transmission, Inc. v. Public Utilities CommissionCalifornia Supreme Court · 1956
- City of Tulsa v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1935
- City of Little Rock v. AT&T COMMUNICATIONS OF SOUTHWEST, INC.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1994
- Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1955
- Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co. v. Total Energy, Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1972
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