Legal Opinion
In Re State Question No. 236, Referendum Petition No. 73
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided September 16, 1938No. 28215PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHurst, J.
This is an appeal from an order of the Secretary of State holding Referendum Petition No. 73, State Question No. 236, sufficient to call for a vote of the people. The Sixteenth Legislature passed an act removing a tax of ten cents per pound on oleomargarine containing certain ingredients, which tax had theretofore been imposed by the Session Laws of 1931. Before the act went into effect, proponents filed with the Secretary of State the referendum petition in question to place the measure before the voters. Protestants filed objections to the sufficiency of this petition. Pamphlets were filed…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- In Re Initiative Petition No. 23, State Question No. 38Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
- Atwood v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1927
- In Re Initiative Petition No. 142, State Question No. 205Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1936
- Milburn v. State Taxpayers Ass'nSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1926
- In Re State Question No. 216Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1937
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3Cited by12 opinions
- In Re Initiative Petition No. 347 State Question No. 639Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1991
- In Re Initiative Petition No. 281, St. Question No. 441Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1967
- In Re Initiative Petitions Nos. 224-226, 228, State Questions Nos. 314-316, 318Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1946
- Farrow v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1941
- In Re Referendum Petition No. 130, St. Question No. 395Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1960
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