Oliver v. Williams

RUSSELL, Judge.

This is an appeal by employees of a state agency. The employees challenged the reorganization of the Department of Human Resources (Department), and the trial court found that the reorganization was valid. The Department cross-appeals, alleging (1) that the court erred in finding that there was no emergency and (2) that even if there was not an emergency, the employees have no standing to enforce the notice provisions required under the regular rule-making process.

After an ore terms hearing, the findings of the trial court are favored with a presumption of correctness and will…