| Keating v. Edmondson | |
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| Court | Supreme Court of Oklahoma |
| Full case name | Frank Keating, Governor of the State of Oklahoma, Plaintiff v. Drew Edmondson, Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma, Defendant |
| Decided | December 4 2001 |
| Citation | 2001 OK 110, 37 P.3d 882 |
| Case history | |
| Prior history | Plaintiff appealed from the decision of the District Court of Oklahoma County |
| Subsequent history | District Court ruling upheld, oral argument denied |
| Holding | |
| The Governor, after establishing his executive cabinet, may not alter the cabinet without the consent of the Legislature | |
| Court membership | |
| Judges sitting | Chief Justice Rudolph Hargrave Vice Chief Justice Joseph M. Watt Associate Justices Ralph B. Hodges, Robert E. Lavender, Marian Opala, Yvonne Kauger, Hardy Summers, Daniel J. Boudreau, James R. Winchester |
| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Hargrave, joined by Watt, Hodges, Lavender, Opala, Kauger, Summers, Boudreau |
| Concurrence | Winchester |
| Laws applied | |
| Okla. Const. arts. V, VI Executive Branch Reform Act of 1986 | |
Superseded by | |
| Executive Branch Reform Act Amendments of 2012 | |
Keating v. Edmondson, 2001 OK 110, 37 P.3d 882 (2001), was an Oklahoma Supreme Court case that ruled that the Governor of Oklahoma could not alter the structure of his Cabinet without the approval of the Legislature. The case was primarily concerned with the Governor–Legislature relation. The case is unique[citation needed] because the two parties in the case were both state-wide elected officials:
- Frank Keating, the Governor of Oklahoma, was the plaintiff
- Drew Edmondson, the Attorney General of Oklahoma, was the defendant