Legal Opinion
Awad v. Ziriax
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 10, 2012No. 10-6273PublishedCited by 233 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MATHESON, Circuit Judge.
On November 2, 2010, Oklahoma voters approved a proposed constitutional amendment that would prevent Oklahoma state courts from considering or using Sharia law. Before the amendment can become effective, the Oklahoma State Election Board must certify this election result. The Board members have asked us to review whether a federal district court abused its discretion when it granted a preliminary injunction to prevent them from certifying the result. We conclude there was no abuse of discretion.
I. BACKGROUND
A. Constitutional Amendments in Oklahoma
We start with an…
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