Legal Opinion
Beauchamp v. Oklahoma City
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided October 16, 1970No. 44475PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRWIN, Chief Justice.
This is an original action filed in this Court on September 17, 1970, in which the plaintiff contends that the portion of Art. 10, § 27, of the Oklahoma Constitution, requiring persons voting at the election therein provided, to be “qualified property tax paying voters,” violates the equal protection clause in the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
We accept original jurisdiction of the action because of the public importance of the matter and the need for an early determination of the involved question.
There appears to be no dispute as to the facts.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Kramer v. Union Free School District No. 15Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Cipriano v. City of HoumaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- City of Phoenix v. KolodziejskiSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Henry v. Oklahoma CitySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1940
- Settle v. City of MuskogeeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1969
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Quinn v. City of TulsaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1989
- Arthur v. City of StillwaterSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1980
- Fent v. STATE EX REL. OKLAHOMA CAPITOL IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITYSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2009
- Dean v. Wes Watkins Area Vocational-Technical School District, No. 25Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1989
- Martin v. Oklahoma CitySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1970
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