Legal Opinion
Key v. Donnell
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided October 30, 1924No. 15804PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcXEILL, J.
T. F. Donnell commenced this action in the district court of Oklahoma county against the members of the Oklahoma county election board to secure a writ of mandamus requiring said election board to issue to him a certificate of nomination as justice of the peace, and to place his name on the ballot at the general election. It is alleged that chapter 224. Sess. Laws 1923, was null and void by reason of the arbitrary, capricious, and irrational classification made by the Legislature and is a local and special law, and cannot be sustained as a general law under article 5, sec. 59, of the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Nichols v. WalterSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1887
- Burks v. WalkerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1909
- Attorney General ex rel. Dingeman v. LacyMichigan Supreme Court · 1914
- Hatfield v. GarnettSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1915
- State ex rel. Douglas v. RittSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1899
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Sheldon v. Grand River Dam AuthoritySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1938
- State Ex Rel. Nesbitt v. District Court of Mayes CountySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1968
- Roberts v. LedgerwoodSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1928
- City of Enid v. Public Employees Relations BoardSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2006
- Elias v. City of TulsaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1965
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