BURDICK v. INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST.

No. 60914.

702 P.2d 48 (1985)

Kenneth Dewayne BURDICK, Kim Deann Burdick, and Misty Dawn Burdick, all minors, By and Through their father, Michael M. Burdick, as next friend, Plaintiffs-appellees, v. INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 52 OF OKLAHOMA COUNTY, Midwest City-Del City School Board, Melvin Decker, Louise Moore, Dr. Anthony C. Thomas, and Billy Crouch, Defendants, v. INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 89 OF OKLAHOMA COUNTY, Oklahoma, Intervenor-appellant.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

As Corrected June 27, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald L. Day, Fenton, Fenton, Smith, Reneau & Moon, Oklahoma City, for intervenor-appellant.

Jack B. Fried, Oklahoma City, for plaintiffs-appellees.


OPALA, Justice.

The appeal presents three primary questions: [1] Did the trial court lack subject-matter jurisdiction? [2] May the doctrine of estoppel be applied against a school district under the facts of this case? and if so, [3] Is the application of estoppel clearly contrary to the principles of equity jurisprudence or to the weight of the evidence? To the first and third questions we answer in the negative; to the second...

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