Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Duncan

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided March 9, 1937No. 27533PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHurst, J.

The question to be determined in this case is the validity of the Oklahoma City parking meter ordinances. H. E. Duncan was convicted and fined for parking on West Main street in Oklahoma City in a meter parking space without depositing a nickel in the meter. He was committed to the city Jail and applied to the district court of Oklahoma county for a writ of habeas corpus. The writ was denied and he again was committed to the city Jail. Thereafter he applied to this court for a writ of habeas corpus.

The crime charged was the violation of ordinances Nos. 4624 and 4706, which created what is…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Frost & Frost Trucking Co. v. Railroad Comm'n of Cal.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
  2. Goltra v. WeeksSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
  3. Greene v. City of San AntonioCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1915
  4. City of Buffalo v. . StevensonNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
  5. State Ex Rel. Harkow v. McCarthySupreme Court of Florida · 1936

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3Cited by43 opinions

  1. Opinion of the Justices to the Senate & the House of RepresentativesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
  2. Harper v. City of Wichita FallsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1937
  3. Foster's, Inc. v. Boise CityIdaho Supreme Court · 1941
  4. Ex Parte HoustonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1950
  5. Kimmel v. City of SpokaneWashington Supreme Court · 1941

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