State Ex Rel. Department of Public Welfare v. Martin

570 P.2d 623 (1977)

STATE of Oklahoma, ex rel. State DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, Petitioner,

v.

Floyd L. MARTIN, District Judge, Oklahoma County, State of Oklahoma, Respondent.

No. 47951.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

October 11, 1977.

J. Harry Johnson, Raymond J. Totoro, Oklahoma City, for petitioner.

Lucas & Cate, Norman, for respondent.

WILLIAMS, Justice.

This is an original proceeding brought by the State of Oklahoma, ex rel. Department of Public Welfare, in which this court is asked to assume original jurisdiction and issue a writ of prohibition against the respondent judge, preventing him from…