Supreme Court of Oklahoma, 1993

Workers' Compensation Court v. Merit Protection Commission

Workers' Compensation Court v. Merit Protection Commission
Supreme Court of Oklahoma · Decided November 8, 1993 · , Ralph
863 P.2d 1226; 64 O.B.A.J. 3421; 1993 OK 145; 1993 Okla. LEXIS 172; 1993 WL 456200 (Pacific Reporter, Second Series)

Workers' Compensation Court v. Merit Protection Commission

Opinion

*1227 ORDER

Original jurisdiction is assumed. Let the writ issue prohibiting respondent, the Merit Protection Commission, from proceeding in the private grievance brought by Sandra Booker against the Workers’ Compensation Court and Marcia Davis, its Court Administrator. That Commission is without jurisdiction. See Okl. Const., Art. 7, § 6. Administrative authority over all courts in this state, other than the Senate sitting as a Court of Impeachment and the Court on the Judiciary, is vested in the Supreme Court. Personnel management decisions of courts that are subordinate to the Supreme Court’s administrative powers are reviewable solely by the Supreme Court. The legislature may not delegate the Supreme Court’s § 6 authority to any other department of state government, and the courts are not state agencies. Chiles v. Children A, B, C, D, E and F, Fla. 589 So.2d 260 (1991).

/S/ Ralph B. Hodges Chief Justice All Justices concur.

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