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EX PARTE OKLAHOMA

No. 9, Original.

220 U.S. 191 (1911)

31 S.Ct. 426

55 L.Ed. 431

EX PARTE: IN THE MATTER OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, BY CHARLES N. HASKELL, GOVERNOR, ETC., PETITIONER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 3, 1911.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph W. Bailey and Mr. Fred S. Caldwell for the State of Oklahoma.

Mr. Joseph S. Graydon and Mr. Lawrence Maxwell, with whom Mr. E.G. McAdams was on the brief, for respondents and as amici curioe, in opposition to issuing the writ of prohibition.

Mr. S.T. Bledsoe, with whom Mr. A.B. Browne, Mr. Alexander Britton, Mr. Evans Browne and Mr. J.B. Cottingham were on the brief, for respondents, in opposition to relief sought.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

On March 24, 1908, the legislature of Oklahoma enacted a statute, known as the Billups Bill, providing for a state agency for the dispensing of liquors under certain circumstances, but not for use as a beverage, and prohibiting generally the manufacture, sale, bartering, giving away or otherwise furnishing liquor within the State. Session Laws Oklahoma, 1907-1908...

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