State ex rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass'n v. Maxwell

State ex rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass'n v. Maxwell
1989 OK 111
777 P.2d 944
Case Number: SCBD, 3544, OBAD, 883
Decided: 07/18/1989
Supreme Court of Oklahoma

STATE OF OKLAHOMA EX REL. OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION, COMPLAINANT,
v.
JAMES I. MAXWELL, RESPONDENT.

ORDER

¶1 After careful review of the matters submitted in the above-entitled cause the Court finds that respondent's motion that the [777 P.2d 945] date of his Resignation Pending Disciplinary Proceedings be made retroactive to the date of a prior suspension should be, and is, hereby denied.

¶2 The effective date of a resignation is upon filing the resignation with the Executive Director. State ex rel. OBA v. Perkins, 757 P.2d 825, 827 (Okl. 1988), Rule 8.1, Ch. 1, App. 1-A. The effective date of respondent's resignation herein is November 29, 1988.

¶3 IT IS SO ORDERED.

¶4 HARGRAVE, C.J., OPALA, V.C.J., and HODGES, LAVENDER and SIMMS, JJ., concur.

¶5 KAUGER, J., dissents by stare decisis.

¶6 SUMMERS, J., dissents.

¶7 DOOLIN, J., disqualified.

KAUGER, Justice, dissenting by reason of stare decisis.

See State ex rel. Okla. Bar Ass'n v. Smith, 58 OBJ 283 (February 7, 1987).