MATTER OF REFERENDUM PETITION, ETC.

No. 54892.

610 P.2d 243 (1980)

In the Matter of the Protest of the REFERENDUM PETITION FILED WITH the CITY CLERK OF NORMAN ON JANUARY 31, 1980. Russell L. BATES, Jr. and Fred S. Goddard, Appellants, v. Marvin BAKER, June Benson, Oliver Benson and 2,589 Citizens of Norman who Signed the Petition, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

April 15, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luttrell, Pendarvis & Rawlinson, Norman, for appellants.

Harriet H. Harding, Norman, June E. Tyhurst, Louis W. Bullock, Tulsa, for appellees Baker, Benson and others.

Oliver Benson, pro se.


IRWIN, Vice Chief Justice.

On January 2, 1980, the City Council of Norman approved an ordinance which deannexed an area of land in the northern part of Norman. On January 31, 1980, appellees filed a signed referendum petition to present the question of deannexation to the vote of the people. On February 1, 1980, the City Clerk upheld the sufficiency of the petition, and on February 12th appellants filed their protest to the...

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