LOCAL 514 v. KEATING

No. 99,178.

83 P.3d 835 (2003)

2003 OK 110

LOCAL 514 TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA, Local 627 International Union of Operating Engineers, Local Lodge 898 International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers, Local 584 International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental & Reinforcing Iron Workers, Local 916 American Federation of Government Employees, Local 1358 National Association of Letter Carriers, Local 1558 International Union, United Auto, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America, Oklahoma State AFL-CIO and Edwards Pipeline Services, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Frank KEATING, Governor of the State of Oklahoma, Oklahomans for Jobs for Justice, Inc., Kent Duvall, Michelle McKenzie, and Stephen Weese, Defendants-Appellees, Eastern Oklahoma Building & Construction Trades Council, Amicus Curiae.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

December 16, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven R. Hickman, James E. Frasier, Tulsa, OK, and Laurence E. Gold, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

D. Kent Meyers, Mary H. Tolbert, Crowe & Dunlevy, and John N. Hermes, McAfee & Taft, Oklahoma City, for Defendants-Appellees, Frank Keating, Governor of the State of Oklahoma and Oklahomans for Jobs for Justice, Inc.

Kermit M. Milburn, Henson, Henson, Henson, Marshall & Milburn, Shawnee, OK, and John R. Martin, Springfield, VA, for Defendants-Appellees, Kent Duvall, Michelle McKenzie, and Stephen Weese.

James C. Thomas, Tulsa, OK, for Amicus Curiae, Eastern Oklahoma Building & Construction Trades Council.


WATT, C.J.

¶ 1 The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has certified questions of state law to this Court under the Oklahoma Uniform Certification of Questions of State Law Act, 20 O.S.2001 §§ 1601, et seq. The federal court asks:

1. Is severability analysis required in light of the preemption of [Okla. Const.] article XXIII, § 1A(B)(1), § 1A(C), and § 1A(E) (insofar as it enforces § 1A(B)(1), § 1A...

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