URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITY v. OKLAHOMA CITY

Nos. 100,413, 100,538.

110 P.3d 550 (2005)

2005 OK 2

OKLAHOMA CITY URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITY, a public body corporate, Plaintiff/Appellee/Appellant, v. The CITY OF OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, a municipal corporation, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff/Appellee/Appellant, v. Moshe Tal, a resident taxpayer of The City of Oklahoma City, OK, and Taxpayers for Honest Government, an unincorporated association of resident taxpayers of the City of Oklahoma City, OK, Third-Party Defendants/Appellants/Appellees and Qui Tam Counterclaim Plaintiffs, v. Oklahoma City Urban Renewal Authority, a public body corporate, Qui Tam Counterclaim Defendant, and The State of Oklahoma ex rel. Moshe Tal and Taxpayers for Honest Government, Qui Tam Third-Party Plaintiffs/Appellants/Counter-Appellees, v. Kirk D. Humphreys, in his personal and official capacity as the Mayor of the City, James D. Couch, in his personal capacity as the City Manager & MAPS Director, James E. Thompson, in his personal and official capacity as Assistant City Manager; William R. Burkett, in his personal and official capacity as City Municipal Counselor; William O. West, in his personal and official capacity as former City Municipal Counselor; Daniel T. Brummitt, Kenneth D. Jordan, Richard C. Smith, and Diane Lewis, in their personal and official capacities as Assistants and/or deputies to Municipal Counselor; Mick Cornett, Lawrence F. McAtee, Jr., Ann Simank, Willa Johnson, and Guy Liebmann, in their personal and official capacities as Councilpersons of the City; Amy U. Brooks, in her personal and official capacity as former City Councilwoman, Tiana P. Douglas, in her personal and official capacity as the Executive Director of Urban Renewal; James R. Tolbert III, Fred Jones Hall, J. Larry Nichols, Stanton L. Young, and Warren Gardner, in their personal and official capacities as Commissioners of Urban Renewal; James (Dan) Batchelor, and Leslie V. Batchelor, in their personal and official capacities as legal counselor of Urban Renewal; Bass Pro, Inc.; Bass Pro Outdoor World, L.L.C.; Gaylord Entertainment Company; The Estate of Edward L. Gaylord (deceased); Dan Randolph Hogan; Mark D. Elgin; TMK/Hogan Joint Venture and/or commercial Real Estate Services Joint Venture; Bricktown TMK/Hogan Entertainment, L.L.C. (a.k.a. Bricktown Entertainment, L.L.C.), Hogan Property Management, L.L.C.; Bricktown Parking Investors, L.L.C., Bricktown-TMK/Hogan Parking, L.L.C. (a.k.a. Bricktown SMC/Hogan, L.L.C.); BAP-Bricktown, L.L.C.; Stonegate Management Company, L.L.C.; Elgin Development Company, L.L.C.; TDC Company, L.L.C.; Oklahoma City Athletic Club, Inc.; OKC Athletic Club L.P.; Clayton Bennett; Tim O'Toole; The City of Oklahoma City; and John Does No. 1-50, Qui Tam Third-Party Defendants, with Qui Tam Third Party Defendants Burkett, Brummitt, Jordan, Smith, Lewis, James (Dan) Batchelor and Leslie V. Batchelor Qui Tam Third-Party Defendants/Appellees/Counter-Appellants and Qui Tam Third-Party Defendant William O. West Qui Tam Third-Party Defendant/Appellee.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

As Corrected on Denial of Rehearing March 28, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie V. Batchelor, James Dan Batchelor, Oklahoma City, OK, for Qui Tam Third-PartyDefendants/Appellees/Counter-Appellants, James Dan Batchelor and Leslie V. Batchelor and Plaintiff/Appellant Oklahoma City Urban Renewal Authority.

Moshe Tal, pro se.

James E. Dunn, Oklahoma City, OK, For Third-Party Defendants/Appellants/Appellees and Qui Tam Counterclaim Plaintiffs, Qui Tam Third-Party Plaintiffs/Counter-Appellees, Taxpayers for Honest Government.

Kenneth D. Jordon, Richard C. Smith, Oklahoma City, OK, for Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff/Appellant/The City of Oklahoma City and Qui Tam Third-Party Defendants/Appellees/Counter-Appellants William R. Burkett, Daniel T. Brummitt, Kenneth D. Jordan, Richard C. Smith and Diane Lewis and Qui Tam Third-Party Defendant/Appellee William O. West.


KAUGER, J.

¶ 1 We retained this cause to address whether the trial court erred in advancing several orders for appeal pursuant 12 O.S. 2001 § 9941 in a multi-claim/multi-party cause. We hold that because the orders appealed from either left issues pending on advanced claims or were so interrelated and intertwined with the pending claims, the...

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