SALATKA v. OKLAHOMA ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL BD.

No. 54279.

607 P.2d 1355 (1980)

The Most Reverend Charles A. SALATKA, as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, and his successors in office; and the Most Reverend Eusebius J. Beltran, as Bishop of the Diocese of Tulsa, and his successors in office, Petitioners, v. The OKLAHOMA ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL BOARD and the Oklahoma Tax Commission, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

March 11, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Mitchell, Oklahoma City, and T. Austin Gavin, Tulsa, for petitioners.

Jan Eric Cartwright, Atty. Gen. of Oklahoma, Manville T. Buford, Duane N. Rasmussen, Asst. Attys. Gen., Oklahoma City, for respondents.

Thomas G. Ferguson, Jr., Oklahoma City, for respondent Oklahoma Tax Commission.


WILLIAMS, Justice.

Petitioners have filed an "Application To Assume Original Jurisdiction, For Immediate Stay, and Petition for Writ of Prohibition". They allege that respondents are acting pursuant to opinions issued by the Attorney General1 which hold the "import, sale and purchase by churches" "of sacramental wine" is subject to regulation as an alcoholic beverage. They say enforcement of this interpretation, unless restrained, will...

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