Legal Opinion
Dobbs v. Board of County Com'rs of Oklahoma County
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided May 26, 1953No. 35947PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHalley, C.J.
Betty O. Dobbs, a resident taxpayer of Oklahoma county, attacks the constitutionality of H. B. No. 646 of the 1953 Legislature, which became effective March 24, 1953, and prays that we prohibit the board of county commissioners of Oklahoma county from appointing a second county judge.
The above law amends sec. 131(a), Title 19, O.S. 1951, and provides addi*515tional county judges in all counties in Oklahoma having a population of 300,000 or more, as shown by the last Federal Decennial Census, and which further provides that any resident taxpayer of a county having that population may contest the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Fletcher v. PeckSupreme Court of the United States · 1810
- Burks v. WalkerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1909
- State ex rel. McCaffery v. AloeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1899
- Capitol Steel & Iron Co. v. FullerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1952
- Lindley v. MurphyIllinois Supreme Court · 1944
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Tate v. LoganSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1961
- State ex rel. Cities Service Oil Co. v. Board of AppealsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1963
- Way v. Grand Lake Ass'n, Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1981
- Jackson v. FreemanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1995
- Sanchez v. MelvinSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1966
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