BEAUCHAMP v. OKLAHOMA CITY

No. 44475.

477 P.2d 51 (1970)

Barbara J. BEAUCHAMP, Plaintiff, v. OKLAHOMA CITY, a Municipal Corporation, James H. Norick, Mayor of the City of Oklahoma City, Patience Latting, John M. Smith, George N. Sturm, Nelson E. Keller, Bill H. Bishop, Ben Franklin, A.L. Dowell and Rowe Cook, Members of the City Council, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Certiorari Denied November 16, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Work, Oklahoma City, for plaintiff.

Roy H. Semtner, Municipal Counselor, James G. Hamill, Walter M. Powell, Roland Tague, Asst. Municipal Counselor's, Oklahoma City, for defendants.


Certiorari Denied November 16, 1970. See 91 S.Ct. 175

IRWIN, Chief Justice.

This is an original action filed in this Court on September 17, 1970, in which the plaintiff contends that the portion of Art. 10, § 27, of the Oklahoma Constitution, requiring persons voting at the election therein provided, to be "qualified property tax paying voters," violates the equal protection clause in the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

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