Legal Opinion
Alice H. Botsford and J. R. Goodwin v. The City of Norman, Oklahoma, a Municipal Ocrporation
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 30, 1965No. 7972PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HILL, Circuit Judge.
This is an action under the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201, seeking to nullify certain ordinances of the City of Norman, Oklahoma, whereby property belonging to the appellants was annexed to the City of Norman. 1 Jurisdiction is based upon diversity of citizenship, 28 U.S.C. § 1332. Both appellants (plaintiffs below) are residents of California and the appellee defendant is an Oklahoma Municipal Corporation. The matter was tried to the court below largely upon the pleadings, stipulation and exhibits of the parties. The trial court held the annexation ordinances…
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