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IN RE SUPREME COURT REFERENDUM PETITION, ETC.

No. 47635.

530 P.2d 120 (1974)

In re SUPREME COURT Adjudication on Sufficiency of REFERENDUM PETITION IN PONCA CITY, Oklahoma, CONCERNING ORDINANCE NUMBER 4478.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied October 1, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shears & Shears by Jack L. Shears, Jr., Ponca City, for proponents-respondents.

Grantham, Casey & Kirkpatrick by Charles W. Casey, Ponca City, for contestants-petitioners.

IRWIN, Justice:

The Board of Commissioners of Ponca City, Oklahoma, which has a municipal charter, enacted an ordinance numbered 4478 for the purpose of closing a public street. The ordinance contains a declaration of emergency.

A referendum petition was thereafter circulated and filed with the city clerk. Paul C. Poyner, and others, filed in this Court an original proceeding contesting the validity of the referendum petition.

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