OKLAHOMA ORDNANCE WORKS AUTHORITY, an Oklahoma public trust, Petitioner,
v.
DISTRICT COURT OF WAGONER COUNTY, Fifteenth Judicial District, State of Oklahoma, and Honorable William H. Bliss, District Judge, Respondents, and
Lester Davenport and Donna Davenport d/b/a Sports Center; Bob Crosswhite d/b/a Cove Restaurant and Marina; Rick McKewon d/b/a Sequoyah State Park Twin Oaks Grocery; Ed Jurowski d/b/a Flat Rock Resort; Claudine Tibbs d/b/a Cannon Bait; Elton Gelley d/b/a Taylor Ferry Marina; Myrtle Rogers d/b/a Whiskey Ford Trading Post; Henry Patrick d/b/a Henry's Bait and Grocery; Roger and Rita Carlton d/b/a Spring Creek Resort; Jim Stauss d/b/a Big'En's Bar B-Que; J. M. Morgan d/b/a Morgan's Bait Shop; Gilbert Pope d/b/a Erbob Ferry Resort; Jim and Anna Barnes d/b/a Riverside Bait and Grocery; Walter Bunch d/b/a Walt's Concession; Glen and Karen Cosgrove d/b/a K & G Country Store; Francis Fite d/b/a Norwood Bait and Tackle; H. C. and Bobbie Ridge d/b/a Long Marina; C. K. Hall d/b/a Hall's Dry Storage and Grocery, and all other parties similarly situated, Co-Respondents.
GRAND RIVER DAM AUTHORITY, a Governmental Agency, Body Politic and Corporate, Petitioner,
v.
The Honorable William H. BLISS, District Judge of Wagoner County, State of Oklahoma, Respondent, and
Lester Davenport et al., Co-Respondents.
N-REN CORPORATION, Domesticated Corporation, Petitioner,
v.
DISTRICT COURT OF WAGONER COUNTY, FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, State of Oklahoma, and the Honorable William H. Bliss, District Judge, Respondents, and
Lester Davenport et al., Co-Respondents.
GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION, a Georgia Corporation, Petitioner,
v.
The Honorable William H. BLISS, District Judge of Wagoner County, State of Oklahoma, Respondent, and
Lester Davenport et al., Co-Respondents.
PRYOR INDUSTRIAL CONSERVATION COMPANY, Petitioner,
v.
The Honorable William H. BLISS, District Judge of the Fifteenth Judicial District, Respondent, and
Lester Davenport et al., Co-Respondents.
NATIONAL GYPSUM COMPANY, Petitioner,
v.
DISTRICT COURT OF WAGONER COUNTY, Fifteenth Judicial District, State of Oklahoma, and the Honorable William H. Bliss, District Judge Thereof, Respondents, and
Lester Davenport et al., Co-Respondents.
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June 24, 1980.
June 24, 1980.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
William C. Anderson, Doerner, Stuart, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson, Dale F. McDaniel, Jack Y. Goree, Whitten, McDaniel, Osmond, Goree & Davies, Tulsa, for petitioner Oklahoma Ordnance Works.
Randall Elliott, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Grand River Dam Authority, Vinita, Deryl L. Gotcher, Jones, Givens, Gotcher, Doyle & Bogan, Tulsa, for petitioner Grand River Dam Authority.
Gary J. Dean, Lyons & Dean, Pryor, William D. Nay, Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Collingsworth & Nelson, Tulsa, for petitioner N-Ren Corp.
Andrew Wilcoxen, Wilcoxen & Cate, Muskogee, Charles W. Shipley, Lance Stockwell, Boesche, McDermott & Eskridge, Tulsa, for petitioner Georgia-Pacific Corp.
Alfred B. Knight, John Howard Lieber, Knight, Wagner, Stuart & Wilkerson, Tulsa, for petitioner Pryor Industrial Conservation Co.
Richard C. Ford, D. Kent Meyers, Crowe, Dunlevy, Thweatt, Swinford, Johnson & Burdick, Oklahoma City, Joe R. Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy, & Wright, Muskogee, for petitioner National Gypsum Co.
Bruce Green, Don Pearson, Muskogee, for co-respondents.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma.
IRWIN, Vice Chief Justice.
The issue presented is whether the Wagoner County District Court has venue of co-respondents' transitory action for damages against petitioners.1 The respondent judge overruled all challenges to venue and ordered the litigation to proceed. Petitioners commenced separate proceedings for this court to assume original jurisdiction and issue a writ prohibiting the respondent...
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