State Ex Rel. Trimble v. City of Moore

OPALA, Chief Justice.

The dispositive issue in these two taxpayer qui tam 1 actions is whether city officials violated the law in disbursing the funds in question. In No. 71,423 the questions tendered are: [1] Did the plaintiff timely bring an appeal from the dismissal of the qui tam action as to two defendants (city personnel board members)? [2] Should this appeal be dismissed because a so-called “consent judgment” was rendered for the City? and [8] Was summary judgment correctly given to the remaining defendants? We answer the first and second questions in the negative and the third in the…