That is just what the New State Ice majority said, namely that the Oklahoma statute would hurt, not help, consumers, by restricting competition.
In that case, Craig v. Boren, the Court struck down an Oklahoma statute that said women as young as 18 could buy 3.2 percent beer while men had to be at least 21.
Oklahoma statutes: Title 37.
Under Oklahoma statute, deaths of the types listed below must be reported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
Several years ago, the Justices deadlocked 4 to 4 on an appeals court ruling that struck down an Oklahoma statute banning the advocacy of homosexuality.
Due process requires that individuals have scienter (knowledge that their membership or support violates the loyalty oath), and the Oklahoma statute did not accommodate this requirement.
Test oaths are made still more dangerous when combined with bills of attainder which like this Oklahoma statute impose pains and penalties for past lawful associations and utterances.
The Treasurer's investments are strictly governed by Oklahoma statutes and the Treasurer's investment policy.
It held that an Oklahoma statute that rejects certain out-of-state adoption decrees violates the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
That would come to just $50,000 because WorldCom cannot be penalized more than $10,000 for each of the securities law felonies under the Oklahoma statutes, according to Mr. Edmondson.