DANK v. BENSON

No. 94,166.

5 P.3d 1088 (2000)

2000 OK 40

Odilia DANK, Member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Loyd BENSON, Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

May 23, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary W. Gardenhire, Norman, OK, for the petitioner.

W.A. Drew Edmondson, Attorney General of Oklahoma; Andrew Tevington, Asst. Atty. Gen.; and Neal Leader, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Oklahoma City, OK, for the respondent.

Lee Slater, Oklahoma City, for amicus.


LAVENDER, J.

¶ 1 Dank [petitioner] asks this Court to decide whether the custom and practice employed in the House of Representatives when proposed legislation is brought up for final vote offends the provisions of Okla. Const. art. 5, § 34.1 She also asks that, if current legislative procedure is found to be constitutionally deficient, the Court mandate what procedure the House should...

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