Legal Opinion

McNeill v. City of Tulsa

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided January 13, 1998No. 87119PublishedCited by 75 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SIMMS, Justice.

¶ 1 City of Tulsa and its Retirement Plan seek our review of the trial court’s certified interlocutory order finding that 72 O.S.1991 § 67.13a, which grants war veterans a military service credit toward their retirement benefits, applies to Tulsa’s Plan for its employees. We find that it does not and reverse the trial court.

¶ 2 We granted certiorari to address questions regarding the proper construction of § 67.13a and to determine the section’s reach. The relevant portion of the statute, with the amendatory language at issue in italics, provides:

“ * * * War veterans, as…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Allen v. State Ex Rel. Board of Trustees of the Oklahoma Uniform Retirement System for Justices & JudgesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1988
  2. Cave Springs Public School District I-30 v. BlairSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1980
  3. State Ex Rel. Rucker v. TappSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1963
  4. Groendyke Transport, Inc. v. GardnerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1960
  5. Abbott v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF OSCAR ROSE, ETC.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1978

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3Cited by75 opinions

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  3. Glasco v. State ex rel. Oklahoma Department of CorrectionsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2008
  4. State ex rel. Oklahoma State Department of Health v. RobertsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2006
  5. World Publishing Co. v. MillerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2001

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