OKLAHOMA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ASS'N v. STATE

Nos. 108,839, 108,841.

267 P.3d 838 (2011)

2011 OK 68

OKLAHOMA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. STATE of Oklahoma ex rel. OKLAHOMA OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, Defendant/Appellee. Oklahoma Public Employees Association, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. State of Oklahoma ex rel. Oklahoma Office of State Finance, Defendant/Appellee. Oklahoma Public Employees Association, Plaintiff/Appellee and State of Oklahoma ex rel. Oklahoma Office of Personnel Management, Defendant/Appellee and Oklahoma Public Employees Association, Plaintiff/Appellee and State of Oklahoma ex rel. Oklahoma Office of State Finance, Defendant/Appellee, v. World Publishing Company and The Oklahoma Publishing Company, Intervenors/Appellants.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied November 28, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin R. Donelson , Carole L. Houghton , Fellers, Snider, Blankenship, Bailey & Tippens, P.C., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Oklahoma Public Employees Association.

Stephen J. Krise , Oklahoma Office of Attorney General, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for State ex rel. Oklahoma Office of Personnel Management and Oklahoma Office of State Finance.

Michael Minnis , Doerner, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson, L.L.P., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and S. Douglas Dodd , Tulsa, Oklahoma, for the Oklahoma Publishing Company d/b/a The Oklahoman.

J. Schadd Titus , Titus Hillis Reynolds Love Dickman & McCalmon, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for World Publishing Company d/b/a Tulsa World.

S. Douglas Dodd , Doerner, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson, L.L.P. Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Amici Curiae Griffin Television OKC, LLC, Griffin Television Tulsa, LLC, Oklahoma Press Association, Reporters Committee For Freedom of the Press, and FOI Oklahoma.

Gary J. James , Gary J. James & Associates, P.C., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Oklahoma State Troopers Association.

Wellon B. Poe , Joseph A. Claro , Oklahoma Department of Public Safety, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Oklahoma Department of Public Safety.

Thomas E. Prince , Prince Law Office, P.C., Edmond, Oklahoma, for Amicus Curiae, CompSource Oklahoma.

Robert D. Nelon , Jon Epstein , Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden and Nelson, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Amici Curiae Local TV, LLC d/b/a KFOR-TV (Channel 4) Oklahoma City, Ohio/Oklahoma Hearst Television, Inc. d/b/a KOCO-TV (Channel 5) Oklahoma City; Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. d/b/a KOKH-TV (Channel 25) Oklahoma City, Scripps Media, Inc. d/b/a KJRH-TV (Channel 2) Tulsa, KTUL, LLC d/b/a KTUL-TV (Channel 8) Tulsa, Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters, Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc., Radio Television Digital News Association.

Nancy Pellow , Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Pro Se.


PER CURIAM:

¶ 1 Although the above styled and numbered causes were consolidated in the trial court, they were appealed under separate numbers. On October 26, 2010, an order issued in case No. 108,841 making the causes companion cases for purposes of the appeal and requiring that separate records be filed. Today, we withdraw our order of October 26th and consolidate the matters for resolution by a single opinion.1

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