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EX PARTE OKLAHOMA

No. 9, Original.

220 U.S. 191 (1911)

EX PARTE: IN THE MATTER OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, BY CHARLES N. HASKELL, GOVERNOR, ETC., PETITIONER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Ordered for reargument May 31, 1910.

Reargued February 23, 1911.

Decided April 3, 1911.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph W. Bailey and Mr. Fred S. Caldwell for the State of Oklahoma.

Mr. Joseph S. Graydon and Mr. Lawrence Maxwell, with whom Mr. E.G. McAdams was on the brief, for respondents and as amici curioe, in opposition to issuing the writ of prohibition.

Mr. S.T. Bledsoe, with whom Mr. A.B. Browne, Mr. Alexander Britton, Mr. Evans Browne and Mr. J.B. Cottingham were on the brief, for respondents, in opposition to relief sought.

Ordered for reargument before full bench May 31, 1910.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

On March 24, 1908, the legislature of Oklahoma enacted a statute, known as the Billups Bill, providing for a state agency for the dispensing of liquors under certain circumstances, but not for use as a beverage, and prohibiting generally the manufacture, sale, bartering, giving away or otherwise furnishing...

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