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WELCH v. KEY

No. 39812.

365 P.2d 154 (1961)

Donovan E. WELCH, Jr., and Harry W. Gibson, Jr., Plaintiffs, v. George D. KEY, Paul G. Darrough, Jr., and Leo Winters, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

September 11, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M.A. (Ned) Looney, Robert D. Looney, O.A. Cargill, Sam Crossland, Oklahoma City, for plaintiffs in error.

Leo Winters, George D. Key, Paul G. Darrough, Jr., Oklahoma City, for defendants in error.

Jefferson G. Greer, Frank A. Greer, Tulsa, Douglas McKeever, Enid, amicus curiae.

IRWIN, Justice.

At issue in this proceeding is the power and authority of the Governor to appoint two individuals to the State Election Board, whose names were not included in the lists submitted to the Governor by the two State Central Committees of the two dominant political parties.

Plaintiffs, Donovan E. Welch, Jr. and Harry W. Gibson, Jr., who were appointed by the Governor, commenced this original proceeding under a petition for writ of mandamus and...

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