WARD & LEE, P.L.C. v. CITY OF CLAREMORE

No. 109895. Released for Publication by Order of the Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma, Division No. 1.

316 P.3d 225 (2013)

2014 OK CIV APP 1

WARD & LEE, P.L.C., Plaintiff/Appellant, v. CITY OF CLAREMORE; Sarah Sharp, City Clerk; Stan Brown, Chief of Police; and Julie Spurling, Records Supervisor, Defendants/Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma, Division No. 1.

Certiorari Denied October 21, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen G. Fabian, Jr. , Fabian & Associates, Inc. P.C., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Josh D. Lee , Ward & Lee, PLC, Vinita, Oklahoma, for Plaintiff/Appellant.

Matthew J. Ballard , Rosenstein, Fist & Ringold, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Defendants/Appellees.


ROBERT D. BELL, Judge.

¶ 1 Plaintiff/Appellant, the law firm of Ward & Lee, P.L.C., appeals from the trial court's order denying the firm's petition for declaratory relief brought pursuant to the Oklahoma Open Records Act, 51 O.S.2011 § 24A.1 et seq. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2 Josh D. Lee, a principal of Appellant law firm, routinely represents...

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