Gooch v. City of Del City

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ADAMS, Presiding Judge:

The Court of Tax Review held a consolidated hearing on the question of its jurisdiction over taxpayer protests alleging illegalities in the budgets of various cities and towns in the State of Oklahoma, and found its jurisdiction was limited to hearing protests concerning illegal tax levies. Since none of the protests involved such allegations, the Court dismissed the cases before it for lack of jurisdiction. Appellant Larry Gooch, who filed a protest against the budget of the City of Del City, Oklahoma appeals from that order. It is undisputed Gooch’s…