OKLAHOMA WILDLIFE FEDERATION, INC. v. NIGH

No. 45047.

513 P.2d 310 (1972)

OKLAHOMA WILDLIFE FEDERATION, INC., a corporation, and George H. Hulsey, an individual, Petitioners, v. Lt. Governor George NIGH, Chairman, Oklahoma Industrial Development and Park Commission, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

As Corrected July 23, 1973.

Rehearing Denied July 24, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom A. Lucas, Norman, for petitioners.

Clyde J. Watts, Oklahoma City, for respondents, Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission and Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.

Carl Hughes, Oklahoma City, Gene Stipe, and Stipe, Gossett, Stipe & Harper, McAlester, and Oklahoma City, for respondents, Oklahoma Industrial Development and Park Commission and Oklahoma Industrial Development and Park Department.

Larry Derryberry, Atty. Gen., Marvin C. Emerson, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert H. Mitchell, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Stuart Russell and Thomas W. Woody, Oklahoma City, amici curiae.


WILLIAMS, Justice.

This is an original proceeding brought by petitioners, Oklahoma Wildlife Federation, Inc., and George H. Hulsey for a writ of prohibition against respondents to prevent them from implementing the transfer provisions of Senate Bill 207 of the 1971 Legislature, upon the ground that such provisions are unconstitutional because they violate Art. 26 § 4, Oklahoma Constitution. Because of the nature, diversity...

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