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CITY OF TULSA v. STATE

Nos. 95136, 95380, 95177, 95216.

20 P.3d 144 (2001)

2001 OK 23

CITY OF TULSA, Oklahoma, a municipal corporation, Petitioner, v. STATE of Oklahoma; and Oklahoma Tax Commission, Robert E. "Bob" Anderson, Chairman; and Robert Butkin, State Treasurer; and State Board of Equalization, Governor Frank Keating, Chairman, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

March 13, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martha Rupp Carter, City Attorney, Larry V. Simmons, Deputy City Attorney, Tulsa, OK, for Petitioner City of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Jeff R. Raley, City Attorney, Jeff H. Bryant, Assistant City Attorney, Norman, OK, for Petitioner The City of Norman, Oklahoma.

William O. West, Municipal Counselor, Diane Lewis, Deputy Municipal Counselor, Kenneth Dale Jordan, Assistant Municipal Counselor, Oklahoma City, OK, for Petitioner The City of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Michael R. Vanderburg, City Attorney, Broken Arrow, OK, for Petitioner The City of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.

James W. Ely, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Jenny Sanbrano, Legal Intern, Rogers County, Claremore, OK, for Appellee State of Oklahoma.

Lee Slater, Oklahoma City, OK, for Amicus Curiae Stratton Taylor, President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate.

WINCHESTER, J.

¶ 1 This Court has assumed original jurisdiction in controversies involving the constitutionality of statutes and public finances. See, e.g., Phillips v. Oklahoma Tax Commission, 1978 OK 34, 577 P.2d 1278 (original jurisdiction assumed when petitioners challenged constitutionality of use tax codified at 68 O.S. Supp.1977, § 1402a). In the instant matter, as in Phillips, judicial resolution...

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