Legal Opinion · Dissent
In Re Initiative Petition No. 366, State Question No. 689
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided April 2, 2002No. 95,070Published
1DissentOpala, J.
T1 The court declares today that the initiative petition under consideration-which would prohibit (a) the use of non-English languages in state government meetings, documents, transactions proceedings and publications as well as (b) the expenditure of funds for translating into, as well as printing in, non-English languages-does not qualify for submission to a vote of the electorate because it offends several state constitutional norms.
2 I cannot join the court in so disposing of the controversy. I would declare this unchampioned measure unfit for submission because its prosecution for…
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- Flast v. CohenSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Sierra Club v. MortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. ChadhaSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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