# Opinion No.

> Oklahoma Attorney General Reports · March 9, 1981

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/3795002

## Case

- **Full name:** Representative Don Mentzer
- **Court:** Oklahoma Attorney General Reports
- **Decided:** March 9, 1981
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Judges:** JAN ERIC CARTWRIGHT, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF OKLAHOMA
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

OPINION — AG — ** DUAL OFFICE HOLDING ** A MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION AND A TOWN MARSHALL ARE BOTH PUBLIC OFFICERS. A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND TOWN MARSHALL, BOTH HOLD POSITIONS INVESTED WITH SOVEREIGN POWER AND FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENT. PURSUANT TO 51 O.S. 1971 6 [ 51-6 ], ONE CANNOT HOLD THE POSITION AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND TOWN MARSHALL AT THE SAME TIME. (DUAL OFFICE HOLDING, POLICE OFFICERS, OFFICERS, SCHOOL BOARD, "A MEMBER OF A BOARD OF EDUCATION OF AN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS LONG BEEN REGARDED AS A PUBLIC OFFICER OR A POSITION OF PUBLIC TRUST" — GIBSON V. CROWDER, 165 P.2d 628 CITE: 11 O.S. 1979 Supp., 12-111 [ 11-12-111 ], OPINION NO. 77-180 (STEPHEN F. SHANBOUR) ** SEE OPINION NO. 91-656 (1991) ** SEE OPINION NO. 91-572 (1991) ** SEE OPINION NO. 92-583 (1992)

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