# Ethics Commission v. Keating

> Supreme Court of Oklahoma · August 20, 1998 · 958 P.2d 1250

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9627346

## Case

- **Full name:** ETHICS COMMISSION, State of Oklahoma, Petitioner, v. Frank KEATING, Governor, State of Oklahoma, Respondent
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Oklahoma
- **Decided:** August 20, 1998
- **Citations:** 958 P.2d 1250; 1998 OK 36; 1998 WL 241848
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Wilson
- **Judges:** Summers, Hodges, Lavender, Hargrave, Watt, Kauger, Wilson, Simms, Opala
- **Cited by:** 30 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

ALMA WILSON,
Justice, with whom OPALA, Justice, joins, dissenting in part:
*1265 ¶ 1 Ethics Commission v. Cullison 1 determined that the Ethics Commission has primary legislative power to regulate ethical conduct of state officials. Cullison struck down 37 statutes because the Legislature encroached upon the legislative power of the Ethics Commission. The same pen - that wrote Cullison, today, declares that the constitutionally-vested legislative power of the Ethics Commission is restricted by a 25-year old statute. 2 The majority opinion is inconsistent with Ethics Commission v. Cullison. Accordingly, I respectfully dissent in part.
. 1993 OK 37 , 850 P.2d 1069 . Cullison interpreted Art. 29 that was added to the Oklahoma Constitution at an election held on September 18, 1990.

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