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ZOOLOGICAL TRUST v. STATE EX REL. PERB

No. 101,978.

158 P.3d 461 (2007)

2007 OK 21

OKLAHOMA CITY ZOOLOGICAL TRUST, A Public Trust, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. STATE of Oklahoma ex rel. PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RELATIONS BOARD, A State Agency, Defendant, The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Union, Local 2406, AFL-CIO, Defendant/Appellant.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

April 10, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth Dale Jordan, Diane Lewis, Marsha D. Harrod, Oklahoma City, OK, for plaintiff/appellee Oklahoma City Zoological Trust.

W.A. Drew Edmondson, Attorney General of Oklahoma, Sandra D. Rinehart, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Oklahoma City, OK, for defendant, Public Employees Relations Board.

James R. Moore, Sue Wycoff, Chanda R. Graham, Moore & Vernier, Oklahoma City, OK, for defendant/appellant, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.

OPALA, J.

¶ 1 The dispositive issue here is whether Oklahoma City may be considered to stand in the status of legal employer vis-a-vis the employees of the Oklahoma City Zoological Trust, a public trust. The trial court's answer was in the negative and today we reaffirm its correctness.

I.

ANATOMY OF LITIGATION

¶ 2 On 1 November 2004, the same day the Oklahoma Municipal Employee Collective Bargaining Act (Act...

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