WISEMAN v. BOREN

No. 49087.

545 P.2d 753 (1976)

William J. WISEMAN, Jr., Petitioner, v. David Lyle BOREN, Governor of the State of Oklahoma, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Supplemental Opinion on Rehearing January 26, 1976.

Rehearing Denied February 10, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jane P. Wiseman, Wm. F. Latting, Tulsa, for petitioner.

Larry Derryberry, Atty. Gen., Mike D. Martin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Oklahoma City, for respondents.

James E. Hamilton, Poteau, pro se, and as a Member of the Oklahoma State Senate.

Fagin, Hewett, Mathews & Fagin by Arnold D. Fagin, Oklahoma City, for the Okl. Ed. Ass'n amicus curiae.

Glenn O. Young, Sapulpa, pro se, and for the Oklahoma Landowners Protective Ass'n, amicus curiae.


BARNES, Justice:

This is an application for this Court to assume original jurisdiction and issue writ of prohibition to prohibit Respondents from transferring further surplus from the State's General Revenue Fund to a Sinking Fund for the purpose of retiring State bonds without prior legislative appropriation.

Petitioner's request stems from an announcement by Respondent, Governor David Lyle Boren, that he had ordered...

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