PACK v. STATE

MEMORANDUM OPINION

11 Having considered the application to assume original jurisdiction, petition for a writ, and request for declaratory relief along with the response thereto, the associated briefs of the parties, and all amici and other filings in the cause, THE COURT DETERMINES THAT:

1) We have jurisdiction over the parties and the subject matter and the issues are ripe for adjudication. Furthermore, the immediacy with which the school year will commence makes this an appropriate matter for the assumption of original jurisdiction. Oklahoma Farm Bureau v. State Bd. of Educ., 1968 OK 98, 444…