City of Tulsa v. State

This Court has assumed original jurisdiction in controversies involving the constitutionality of statutes and public finances. See, e.g., Phillips v. Oklahoma Tax Commission, 1978 OK 34, 577 P.2d 1278 (original jurisdiction assumed when petitioners challenged constitutionality of use tax codified at 68 0.8. Supp.1977, § 14022). In the instant matter, as in Phillips, judicial resolution is "essential to the orderly fiscal management and budgeting of the governmental entities affected thereby." Phillips, 1978 OK 34, ¶ 13, 577 P.2d 1278, 1281. However, a needed judicial resolution is…