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DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF OKLAHOMA v. ESTEP

No. 54538.

652 P.2d 271 (1982)

DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF OKLAHOMA; et al., Petitioners, v. Reverend Wendell R. ESTEP et al., Respondents, v. REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE, et al., Intervenors.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

As Corrected September 30, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl Hughes, Hughes, Nelson, Blessington & Holden, Oklahoma City, for petitioners.

Jan Eric Cartwright, Atty. Gen., Barry Albert, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Oklahoma City, for respondents.

Stephen Jones, Gen. Counsel, Republican State Committee, J. Craig Dodd, Atty. for Republican State Committee, Jones & Gungoll, Oklahoma City, for intervenors.

OPALA, Justice:

This original proceeding tenders for judicial testing the constitutional validity of the Oklahoma Campaign Finance Act [Act].1 Important first-impression questions are presented as to the legality of public subsidy for campaign-related activities of candidates and their parties. The issue for decision is whether it is constitutionally permissible to use public funds in payment...

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