Supreme Court of Oklahoma March 13, 2001, 95136, 95380, 95177, 95216 (City of Tulsa v. State)

WINCHESTER, J.

This Court has assumed original jurisdiction in controversies involving the constitutionality of statutes and public finances. See, e.g., Phillips v. Oklahoma Tax Commission, 1978 OK 34, 577 P.2d 1278 (original jurisdiction assumed when petitioners challenged constitutionality of use tax codified at 68 0.8. Supp.1977, § 14022).