DON KEENAN v. TODD RUSS, in his capacity as the Treasurer of the State of Oklahoma

Citations

• 2026 OK 20

Syllabus

¶0 Plaintiff filed suit in in the District Court and alleged the Energy Discrimination Elimination Act of 2022 ( 74 O.S. §§ 12001 , et seq.) violated several provisions of the Oklahoma Constitution. Plaintiff requested an injunction to prevent the State Treasurer from following the Act. The Honorable Sheila D. Stinson, District Judge, granted plaintiff's motion for summary judgment on all of plaintiff's claims, and made the trial court's previous temporary injunction a permanent injunction The State Treasurer appealed and the Treasurer's motion to retain the appeal in the Supreme Court was granted. The Court holds: (1) Appellee's death after submission of the appellate cause to the Court for appellate adjudication does not deprive the Court of jurisdiction to hear Treasurer's appeal; and (2) The Energy Discrimination Elimination Act of 2022 ( 74 O.S. §§ 12001 , et seq.) violates Okla. Const. Art. XXIII, §12, when applied to the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System.