Legal Opinion
Horvat v. State ex rel. Department of Corrections
Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided April 13, 2004No. 99,976PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TOM COLBERT, Chief Judge.
¶ 1 Shawn M. Horvat, an employee of the Department of Corrections (DOC), appeals from a summary judgment in favor of DOC and the Merit Protection Commission (MPC). The issue on appeal is whether MPC’s rule that an appeal is filed on the day it is received rather than on the day it is mailed violates Oklahoma’s Constitution. We conclude that it does and reverse the summary judgment.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
¶ 2 On September 20, 2002, Horvat, a permanent classified Correctional Security Manager, Level 1, received a letter from DOC informing him that he was to be…
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