National Cowboy Hall of Fame & Western Heritage Center v. State Ex Rel. Oklahoma Human Rights Commission

BARNES, Justice:

This is an appeal from an Interlocutory Order of the District Court of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. This Court granted Certiorari to review the Interlocutory Order on February 15, 1978. This opinion is written for the purpose of clarifying the law; but, for reasons hereinafter set forth, the relief sought by Petitioner is denied.

The question now before us evolved out of Respondent’s action on behalf of a complainant, Ema Jean Hollingsworth, who was an unsuccessful female applicant for employment with Petitioner in August, 1973, and seeking enforcement of Respondent’s order in…