Legal Opinion
Hendrick v. Walters
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided December 16, 1993No. 82533PublishedCited by 125 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OP ALA, Justice.
The single issue of which we take original cognizance 1 is whether the Governor has forfeited his office by failure to take an oath in the form prescribed by the provisions of 51 O.S.1961 § 2 [§ 2 or the statutory oath]. 2 We pronounce that the passage of State Question No. 466, Legislative Referendum No. 178, adopted by the people on September 9,1969, Art. XV, § 1, Okl. Const, [the constitutional oath], effected a repeal by substitution of the statutory oath. 3 No public official is hence required to take an oath in that form to qualify for office and no vacancy stands…
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