Oklahoma Fertile Soil for Landmark Supreme Court Decisions

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Born from a constitutional crisis, Oklahoma remains fertile soil for landmark decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court, according to educator s.

Whether Oklahoma is unique because of the numbers of cases which make it from the state to the nation's highest court, or the cases' magnitude, two experts agree that, since statehood, Oklahoma hashad a higher than average number of precedent-setting cases.

Recent ""textbook cases'' involving Oklahoma laws include the beer-drinking age, murder defendants' rights and liquor advertising regulation on cable television.

Not involving state law, but arising out of Oklahoma courts, were the Karen Silkwood case and the college …