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CITY OF LAWTON v. MOORE

No. 82092.

868 P.2d 690 (1993)

The CITY OF LAWTON, a municipal corporation, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Peter Clinton MOORE, District Judge of the Fifth Judicial District, Comanche County, Oklahoma, and Ron Kirby McConnell, also known as Ron Kirby, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

December 21, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Felix A.D. Cruz, City Atty. and John H. Vincent, Sr. Asst. City Atty., Lawton, for petitioner.

Stanley M. Ward, Norman, for respondents.

Michael Minnis and David McCullough, Oklahoma City, for amicus curiae, Oklahoma Press Ass'n.

Diane Pedicord and Sue Ann Nicely, Oklahoma City, for amicus curiae, Oklahoma Mun. League, Inc.

WATT, Justice.

The City of Lawton asks us to assume original jurisdiction and issue a writ prohibiting Respondent, the Honorable Peter Clinton Moore, a District Judge in Comanche County, from proceeding further in a lawsuit that Ron Kirby filed against it.

FACTS

In 1992, Kirby was engaged in a hotly contested runoff election for the Democratic party nomination for a seat in the Oklahoma Legislature.1 Kirby's opponent...

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