Board of Regents Ex Rel. Murray State College of Agriculture & Applied Science v. Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education

I cannot concur in the Majority Opinion. As I read the Oklahoma Constitution, the voters of Oklahoma have historically withheld from the Legislature the power to vest control of this State's Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges in any body other than one designated by the Constitution itself. And this started with the adoption of that Constitution in 1907.

In territorial days, when the school now named “Oklahoma State University” (hereinafter referred to as “A & M”) was established in Payne County, it was governed by a statutory board of regents known as the “Agricultural and Mechanical…