Legal Opinion

National Railroad Passenger Corp. v. Harris

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided January 9, 1974No. Nos. 73-1149, 73-1122, 73-1266PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Per curiam

These cases consolidated on appeal test the validity of injunctions issued by the District Court against appellants, Oklahoma law enforcement officers, staying their enforcement of Oklahoma’s liquor laws which prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages by the drink. Okla. Const. Art. XXVII § 4; 37 O.S. § 538(h). The writs were stayed on appeal and we now find them to be improvidently granted and reverse.

On July 18, 1972, an Amtrak train moving interstate through Oklahoma, was boarded at Oklahoma City by law enforcement officers who found liquor being sold on the train by the drink. George Bell,…

2Cases cited13 opinions

Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
SAMUELS Et Al. v. MACKELL, DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF QUEENS COUNTY, Et Al.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
Perez v. LedesmaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971

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3Cited by1 opinion

National Railroad Passenger Corporation, A/K/A Amtrak v. Curtis P. Harris, District Attorney, District No. 7, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, Charles J. Davis and Catherine L. Nuckolls, Intervening v. Weldon E. Davis, Director, Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, Soonersphere Club Association, an Unincorporated Association, and Ruby Boyd v. Curtis P. Harris, District Attorney, Disrict No. 7, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, With Sooner Alcohol-Narcotics Education, Inc., a Corporation, and Ross J. McLennan Amicus-CuriaeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1974