Brown v. Lillard

SUMMERS, Justice.

The issue is whether an Associate District Judge in Oklahoma may accept payment for employment as a part time professor at a state university. We conclude that our State Constitution forbids receipt of such payment, and that in doing so our Constitution does not run afoul of the U.S. Constitution’s guaranty of equal protection under the law.

Associate District Judge for Oklahoma County Sidney Brown contracted with Central State University to teach, as a part-time, non-tenured adjunct professor, a course in juvenile law. Judge Brown was aware that under the Attorney General’s…