McLOUD TELEPHONE v. STATE BD. OF EQUALIZATION

No. 58810.

655 P.2d 1037 (1982)

McLOUD TELEPHONE COMPANY, an Oklahoma Corporation, Petitioner, v. STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION FOR the STATE OF OKLAHOMA, The Honorable George Nigh, Chairman, The Honorable Spencer Bernard, Member, The Honorable Leo Winters, Member, The Honorable Jack Craig, Member, and The Oklahoma Tax Commission, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearings Denied December 29, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Lawrence Blankenship, Donna Cox, Oklahoma City, for Oklahoma Tax Com'n and State Bd. of Equalization.

Joe L. Heaton, Oklahoma City, J. Douglas Mann, Tulsa, for several independent school districts.

William Mundy, San Angelo, Tex., for Gen. Telephone Co. of the Southwest.

Sven Erik Holmes, Tulsa, for Public Service Co. of Oklahoma.

John A. Gaberino, Jr., Tulsa, for ONG, a div. of Oneok, Inc., ONG Western, Inc., ONG Sayre Storage Co., Ringwood Gathering Co., ONG Red Oak Transmission Co.

Harold Logsdon, Kingfisher, Ron Comingdeer, Bethany, for several telephone companies.

Alvin R. Leonard, Edward Lee, Oklahoma City, for McLoud Telephone Co.

William L. Anderson, Oklahoma City, for Allied Telephone Co. of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Allied Telephone Co., Southern Union Gas Co., Arkansas-Oklahoma Gas Corp., Arkansas-Louisiana Gas Co.

Linda Cole McGowan, Tulsa, for Transok Pipe Line Co.

William J. Free, Oklahoma City, for Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.


PER CURIAM:

Our original jurisdiction in this case was invoked (a) to invalidate the May 19, 1982 order by the State Board of Equalization [Board] assessing personal and real property of public service corporations at 26% of its 1982 valuation and (b) to mandate that the same assessment ratio (within the range of 9% to 15%) which was established in State ex rel. Poulos v. State Board of

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