The STATE of Oklahoma ex rel. William Daniel BROWN; Alvin P. Spears; Lucille N. Spears; Vince P. Sharpe; Donna K. Sharpe; Joseph A. Barter; Debra S. Barter; Patrick H. Woolley; Joan D. Woolley; and John R. Barter, Appellants,
v.
The CITY OF WARR ACRES, an Oklahoma municipal corporation; Jessie Simmons; Dan Maxey; John Webster; John Baker; Gary Stevens; Gene Hodges; Leonard Johnson; Richard Phillips; Kevin Kent; Jesus Morales; Paul Hartmann; Fletcher Williams; Roy Brooks; Tommy Horsley; Gene Warr and John R. Repass, Trustees of the Security Trust Revocable Trust dated March 29, 1990; Community Bank & Trust Co., an Oklahoma banking corporation; and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Appellees.
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September 30, 1997.
September 30, 1997.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
William F. Comstock, James R. Moore, Horning Johnson Grove Moore Hulett & Thompson; James M. Levine, Oklahoma City, for appellants.
Michael W. Brewer, Donya H. Dunn, Hiltgen & Brewer, P.C., Oklahoma City, for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., appellee.
Margaret McMorrow-Love, Oklahoma City, for Jessie Simmons, John Webster, Dan Maxey, Gary Stevens, Gene Hodges, Leonard Johnson, Richard Phillips, Kevin Kent Jesus Morales, Paul Hartmann, Fletcher Williams, Tommy Horsley and City of Warr Acres, appellees.
Joe Rolston, III, Clay P. Booth, Woodard & Rolston, Oklahoma City, for Community Bank & Trust Co., appellee.
A.P. Murrah, Jr., Melvin R, McVay, Jr., Thomas G. Wolfe, Phillips McFall McCaffrey McVay & Murrah, Oklahoma City, for Gene Warr & John Repass, Trustees of the Security Trust Revocable Trust Dated March 29, 1990, appellees.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma.
HODGES, Justice.
¶ 1 This qui tam1 action requires this Court to revisit "public purpose" in the context of sections 14, 17, and 26 of article X of the Oklahoma Constitution. This Court holds that the expenditure of public funds challenged in this action meets the public purpose requirement of sections 14 and 17. In addition, the expenditure did...
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