Legal Opinion
Conoco, Inc. v. STATE DEPT. OF HEALTH, ETC.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided October 4, 1982No. 56070PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPALA, Justice:
The dispositive issue in this case is whether an aggrieved party who fails to perfect a timely appeal from a final order of an administrative agency later may challenge the validity of the rule on which the order was issued by means of an action for declaratory judgment. We answer in the negative.
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Conoco, Inc., appellee (plaintiff below), owns and operates a petroleum refinery in Ponca City, Oklahoma. As part of the refining process, Conoco operates a fluid catalytic cracking unit, 1 which processes a portion of the crude product through the use of an alumina-silica catalyst.…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Marley v. CannonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1980
- Carpenter v. CarpenterSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1982
- Martin v. Harrah Independent School DistrictSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1975
- Oklahoma Tax Commission v. SmithSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1980
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3Cited by59 opinions
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- Ricks Exploration Co. v. Oklahoma Water Resources BoardSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1984
- Dow Jones & Co. v. State Ex Rel. Oklahoma Tax CommissionSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1990
- City of Muskogee v. MartinSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1990
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