Legal Opinion
Oklahoma State Election Board v. Coats
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided April 21, 1980No. 54756PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HODGES, Justice.
The correct interpretation of 19 O.S.Supp. 1974 § 215.8 is contested on appeal. This statute precludes district attorneys from running for any office which has a term, any portion of which is the same as the *778term for which the district attorney is elected.1
The appellee, Andy Coats, is the District Attorney for the Seventh Judicial District of the State of Oklahoma. On December 28, 1979, the district attorney filed a petition for declaratory judgment, seeking a ruling on the applicability and validity of the statute, and asserting that it could not be applied to prevent his…
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