Mandamus will lie to compel the Attorney General to exercise his discretion, but it does not lie to control his action regarding matters within his discretion, unless his discretion has been clearly abused.
How later courts described this case
- Mandamus will lie to compel the Attorney General to exercise his discretion, but it does not lie to control his action regarding matters within his discretion, unless his discretion has been clearly abused.
- OKLA.CONST. art. 5, § 56 does not mandate a general appropriation bill and Legislature is not prohibited from enacting a separate appropriation bill for a single agency for one fiscal year
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
DOOLIN, Justice,
concurring in part; dissenting in part:
I concur with the conclusion of the majority when it holds a general appropriation bill is not the sole means of appropriating monies by the Oklahoma Legislature. I dissent to the majority’s opinion and act in assumed jurisdiction on the original application for prerogative writ.
I am authorized to state that SIMMS, J. concurs in this opinion.