HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020 15_Retain Legal Services–Tayleur raye pickup et al. v. City of Owasso_2020.08.04OWASSO CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. 2020 -15
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OWASSO,
OKLAHOMA, RETAINING LEGAL SERVICES TO DEFEND THE CITY IN
LITIGATION
WHEREAS, the City of Owasso, Oklahoma, has been named in a lawsuit filed in
the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma, 20-CV- 346 -JED-
FHM, Toyleur Raye Pickup, et al. v. City of Owasso, et ai., wherein claims have been
filed against the City of Owasso by members of the Cherokee Nation, on behalf of
themselves and other similarly situated persons, challenging municipal fines and costs
assessed against them prior to the United States Supreme Court's recent decision in
McGirt v. Oklahoma,,
WHEREAS, the City is required to respond to and defend the lawsuit filed by the
Plaintiffs, and is required to assert all claims it may have related to the issues raised in
that action;
WHEREAS, approval of this resolution is in the best interest of the residents of the
City of Owasso.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Owasso, Oklahoma,
as follows:
Keith Wilkes of the firm Hall Estill is retained by the City to represent the City in the lawsuit
styled as Toyleur Raye Pickup et al. v. City of Owasso et al., 20 -CV- 346- JED -FHM.
ATTEST:
Dated this 4th day of August, 2020.
CITY OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA
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Juli M. Stevens, Ci y Cle r,``°
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Julie Lb bardi, City Attorney