State Ex Rel. City of Okmulgee v. Moroney

I cannot assent to the doctrine of the majority. Its effect is too disastrous, as I view it, to the general welfare of the state. Its example to propagandists and self-servers elsewhere is alluring. The opinion is founded on the sands of the “Bodine Case,” rather than upon the rock of the Constitution. It is but a step, though rather a long one, in “judicial legislation” that appears at times to obsess the minds of courts of last resort. This might aptly be termed an “ego complex,” with a parting gesture, were it not, in fact, an usurpation, the ultimate effect, if not cheeked, being…