McFARLAND v. ATKINS

No. 50560.

594 P.2d 758 (1979)

A.R. McFARLAND, Appellant, v. Dr. Walter ATKINS, Acting Commissioner of the State Department of Health, or his successor, the Central Oklahoma Community Council Association and William J. Bross, Director, the United Appeal of the Greater Oklahoma City Area and William J. Benson, Director, the Oklahoma City Planned Parenthood Association and Mary Nelson, Executive Director, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied May 15, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Jones, Enid, for appellant.

Larry Derryberry, Atty. Gen. of Oklahoma by Amalija J. Hodgins, Asst. Atty. Gen., Oklahoma City, for appellee, Dr. Walter Atkins, Acting Commissioner of the State Dept. of Health.

Crowe, Dunlevy, Thweatt, Swinford, Johnson & Burdick by Clyde A. Muchmore and John J. Love, Oklahoma City, for appellees, The Central Oklahoma Community Council Ass'n, William J. Bross, The United Appeal of the Greater Oklahoma City Area, and William J. Benson.

Fagin, Hewitt, Matthews & Fagin by Arnold D. Fagin, Oklahoma City, for appellee, The Oklahoma City Planned Parenthood Ass'n and Mary Nelson.


BARNES, Justice:

I.

The question presented for review is whether the Trial Judge committed reversible error when he ruled that the Plaintiff-Appellant had no standing to sue, and dismissed the Appellant's lawsuit.

The facts are not in dispute. Appellant, A.R. McFarland, filed a verified petition in which she named as Defendants-Appellees The State Department of Health and R. Leroy Carpenter, Director, and...

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