Oklahoma Appeals - The Podcast

Send a text A discussion with Judge Sheila Stinson, District Court of Oklahoma County.

Send a text This week on the podcast - a discussion of the following recent opinions of the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals: 2020 OK CIV APP 53, 04/07/2020, NAYLES v. DODSON ("prevailing party" attorney fees in dispute relating to contract for purchase or sale of goods) 2020 OK CIV APP 54, 04/09/2020, SHRECK v. REED (claim of unequal ownership of property in partition suit) 2020 OK CIV A...

Send a text This week on the podcast - a discussion of the following recent opinions of the Oklahoma Supreme Court: 2020 OK 91, 11/24/2020, HARRISON v. OKLAHOMA POLICE PENSION AND RETIREMENT SYSTEM (forfeiture of vested pension benefits in the case of a police officer convicted of a crime in the performance of duties) 2020 OK 92, 11/24/2020, SHAWAREB v. SSM HEALTH CARE OF OKLAHOMA (negligence of h...

Send a text A discussion with Justice James R. Winchester of the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma. 

Send a text This week our special guest is Kyle Rogers, a referee at the Oklahoma Supreme Court! Show Notes: COMANCHE NATION OF OKLAHOMA v. COFFEY , 2020 OK 90 (The trial court lacked subject matter jurisdiction due to sovereign immunity, but had jurisdiction to address the defendant's application for attorney's fees after the case was dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction)

Send a text The 1960’s Oklahoma Supreme Court bribery scandal and the resulting reforms to the process of selection and retention of Oklahoma’s appellate court judges and justices. We also discuss the results of the recent retention ballot and compare the results to the trends in retention going back to 2000. Show Notes:  Judicial Nominating Commission   Results of 2020 Judicial Retention Vote   B...

Send a text This week we have a special guest, Melanie Wilson Rughani , co-chair of the Appellate and Initiative Petition Practice Groups at Crowe and Dunlevy.  Melanie tells us about her background and her road to becoming an appellate practitioner. She also shares several great practice tips. We also briefly cover these recently released opinions from the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals and the...

Send a text Part 2 of a review of highlights from the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals from January through August 2020. Show Notes: 2020 OK CIV APP 48, 08/27/2020, EWING JOINT LIVING TRUST v. MCHENRY (Judge conducts a site visit to the property at issue at the conclusion of a bench trial) 2020 OK CIV APP 19, 466 P.3d 590, 05/10/2019, THE MATTINGLY LAW FIRM v. HENSON (Remedy of "reverse veil p...

Send a text Recent opinions from the Oklahoma Supreme Court plus Part 1 of a review of highlights from the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals from January through August 2020. Show Notes: New Oklahoma Supreme Court cases discussed 2020 OK 75, 09/21/2020, WHIPPLE v. PHILLIPS AND SONS TRUCKING (work-related death and workers compensation) 2020 OK 79, 09/28/2020, IN RE STATE QUESTION No. 813, INITIATIVE...

Send a text The initiative petition episode. Show Notes: In re Initiative Petition No. 420, 2020 OK 9 (did not violate single subject rule but...) In re Initiative Petition No. 420, 2020 OK 10 (gist insufficient) In re Initiative Petition No. 426, 2020 OK 44 (IP No. 420 redux, gist challenged again but now sufficient) In re Initiative Petition No. 423, 2020 OK 57 (legalization of marijuana) Kiesel...

Send a text A discussion of major Oklahoma Supreme Court opinions and court news from January to August 2020. Show Notes: In re Estate of James, 2020 OK 7 (pretermitted heir) Rogers v. Estate of Pratt 2020 OK 27 (pretermitted heir) 84 O.S. 132 (pretermitted heir) League of Women Voters v. Ziriax, 2020 OK 26 (notary requirement for absentee ballot; note: superseded by SB 210, c. 10, § 1 , emerg. ef...