Oklahoma Public Employees Ass'n v. State ex rel. Oklahoma Office of Personnel Management

T1 Although the above styled and numbered causes were consolidated in the trial court, they were appealed under separate numbers. On October 26, 2010, an order issued in case No. 108,841 making the causes companion cases for purposes of the appeal and requiring that separate records be filed. Today, we withdraw our order of October 26th and consolidate the matters for resolution by a single opinion.1

T 2 One first impression issue is common to both causes: whether public employees' dates of birth are open records, subject to public disclosure, under the Open Records Act. The second first…