WILLIAMS NATURAL GAS COMPANY, Williams Pipe Line Company and Williams Telecom Group, Petitioners,
v.
The STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION and the Oklahoma Tax Commission, Respondents.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
December 20, 1994.
Rehearing Denied March 7, 1995.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson by Graydon Dean Luthey, Jr. and Kenneth L. Hunt, and William G. von Glahn, Associate Gen. Counsel, The Williams Companies, Tulsa, for petitioners.
Susan Brimer Loving, Atty. Gen. and Douglas F. Price, Asst. Atty. Gen., Oklahoma City, for respondent State Bd. of Equalization.
David Allen Miley, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Oklahoma Tax Com'n, Oklahoma City, for respondent Oklahoma Tax Com'n.
Stipe Law Firm by Gene Stipe, and J. Rick Faling, and Stuart Strasner, Oklahoma City, for intervenors Oklahoma State School Bd. Ass'n and Ass'n of County Com'rs of Oklahoma.
McKenzie, Moffett, Elias & Books by William K. Elias, Oklahoma City, for intervenors ANR Pipeline Co., Colorado Interstate Gas Co., El Paso Natural Gas Co., Transwestern Pipeline Co., Enron Oil & Gas Marketing, Black Marlin Pipeline Co., Explorer Pipeline Co., Aquila Gas Systems, Inc., Sun Pipeline Co., Mid-Continent Pipe Line Co., Northern Natural Gas Co., Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of North America, Western Gas Resources, Inc.
Gable & Gotwals by Oliver S. Howard, and Teresa D. Adwan, Tulsa, Additional Counsel for intervenors ANR Pipeline Co. and Colorado Interstate Gas Co.
Cleeta John Rogers, Gen. Counsel, and Jon D. Sellers, Oklahoma City Public Schools, Oklahoma City, for intervenors Independent School Dist. No. 89 of Oklahoma County, Okl.
Doerner, Stuart, Saunders, Daniel, Anderson & Biolchini by John B. Turner, and Rebecca M. Fowler, Tulsa, for intervenor Public Service Co. of Oklahoma.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma.
HODGES, Chief Justice.
Three public service corporations, Williams Natural Gas Company, Williams Pipe Line Company, and Williams Telecom Group (Williams Companies) ask this Court to assume original jurisdiction. They request a writ prohibiting the State Board of Equalization (Board) from assessing their public service property at a greater ratio than that applied to public service property owned by railroads and airlines. Original jurisdiction is assumed and the petition...
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