Oklahoma Supreme Court Decisions 2020
Date: December 29, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 112
Date: December 15, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 106
Docket Number: 118344
Justia Opinion Summary: The issue this case presented for the Oklahoma Supreme Court's review centered on a child custody dispute between divorced parents where divorce actions were filed in two different states at different times.…
Date: December 15, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 110
Docket Number: 118689
Justia Opinion Summary: Tokiko Johnson's real property was damaged in a storm and she filed a claim with her insurance company. Johnson also executed an assignment of her insurance claim for the purpose of repairing the property with the…
Date: December 14, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 108
Date: December 14, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 109
Docket Number: SCBD-6905
Date: December 8, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 105
Docket Number: 118636
Justia Opinion Summary: In January 2020, summary judgment was entered in favor of defendant State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. (State Farm) against its insured, plaintiff Eric Thurston. In 2012, Thurston first obtained automobile…
Date: December 8, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 98
Docket Number: SCBD-6903
Date: December 7, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 101
Date: December 7, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 103
Date: December 7, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 100
Docket Number: SCBD-6982
Date: November 24, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 91
Docket Number: 116681
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant, police officer Randy Harrison, joined the Del City Police Department in 1995. He joined the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System. Both he and his employer made the statutorily required contributions…
Date: November 24, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 92
Docket Number: 117633
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed a negligence action based upon the alleged acts of defendants when one of the plaintiffs was staying in a hospital after surgery and received a burn from spilled hot water. The district granted…
Date: November 24, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 94
Docket Number: 118314
Justia Opinion Summary: After decedent Charles Fulks died, his wife, petitioner-appellee Dorothy Fulks, filed the probate of his estate in the District Court of Nowata County, Oklahoma. An heir at law-appellant, the decedent's daughter, Tammy…
Date: November 24, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 97
Docket Number: 118708
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-appellee Revolution Resources, LLC, (Revolution), an oil and gas well operator, filed an action under the Oklahoma Surface Damages Act (SDA), to Appoint Appraisers. In February 2018, Revolution acquired and…
Date: November 24, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 93
Docket Number: SCBD-6859
Date: November 23, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 96
Date: November 17, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 90
Docket Number: 117267
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-appellant Comanche Nation of Oklahoma ex rel. Comanche Nation Tourism Center, filed a lawsuit seeking a declaratory judgment that defendant-appellant Wallace Coffey was indebted to it for the amount of the…
Date: October 20, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 89
Docket Number: 118746
Justia Opinion Summary: The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Oklahoma certified two questions of state law to the Oklahoma Supreme Court. White Star Petroleum, LLC, along with its wholly-owned subsidiary, White Star…
Date: October 13, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 88
Docket Number: 118599
Justia Opinion Summary: Dayna Foresee (Dayna) and Thomas Allen Foresee (Decedent) were married for thirty-nine years. The record was unclear as to precisely when the parties separated, but Dayna moved out of the parties' marital residence in…
Date: October 13, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 87
Docket Numbers: No. 117587, Comp. w/117588
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2016, plaintiff-appellee Isaac Sutton went shopping for a vehicle at the defendant-appellant David Stanley Chevrolet, Inc.'s (hereafter DSC) car dealership. He agreed to purchase a 2016 Chevy Silverado on credit and…
Date: October 6, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 84
Docket Number: 116229
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant operating company, Stephens & Johnson Operating Company (Operator), requested an award of attorney fees and costs in this case brought under the Oklahoma Surface Damages Act. Operator claimed it was entitled to…
Date: October 6, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 83
Docket Number: 118328
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioners and respondents owned real property in McClain County, Oklahoma, containing and abutting Colbert Lake (the Lake). Petitioners also owned real property containing Colbert Creek, which was the sole source of…
Date: October 6, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 86
Docket Number: SCBD-6827
Date: October 5, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 85
Docket Number: 117574
Date: September 29, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 81
Docket Number: 118682
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant the City of Tulsa (City), passed an ordinance creating a tourism improvement district that encompassed all properties within City which had hotels or motels with 110 or more rooms available for occupancy.…
Date: September 29, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 80
Docket Number: 118735
Justia Opinion Summary: Boardman, LLC, a custom heavy metal fabricator, employed Debtor Eddie Joe Adams as a sales representative for approximately 33 years. Adams and his employer entered into an Employment Agreement in 2013 (Original…
Date: September 28, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 79
Docket Number: 118733
Date: September 28, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 77
Docket Number: SCBD-6908
Date: September 28, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 78
Docket Number: SCBD-6961
Date: September 28, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 76
Docket Number: SCBD-6974
Date: September 21, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 75
Docket Number: 118360
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner Sharla Whipple's twenty-three year old, unmarried son lost his life in a work related accident. Under the Workers Compensation Act, only a spouse, child, or legal guardian could file a Workers Compensation…
Date: September 21, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 73
Docket Number: 118945
Date: September 21, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 74
Date: September 15, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 67
Docket Number: 117424
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-appellant Michael Cole appealed a district court order remanding a driver's license revocation proceeding for hearing following his due process challenge. Cole violated Oklahoma's implied consent law after his…
Date: September 15, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 72
Docket Number: SCBD-6848
Date: September 14, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 68
Docket Number: SCBD-6799
Date: September 14, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 69
Docket Number: SCBD-6800
Date: September 14, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 70
Docket Number: SCBD-6971
Date: September 14, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 71
Docket Number: SCBD-6972
Date: July 21, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 64
Docket Number: 118829
Justia Opinion Summary: Through mediation efforts in connection with a federal lawsuit pending in the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, Respondent, the Honorable J. Kevin Stitt, Governor of Oklahoma, negotiated…
Date: June 30, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 63
Docket Number: 118136
Justia Opinion Summary: This case involved three children and a district court's judgment finding the children were deprived and father's parental rights should be terminated. The children were taken into emergency custody in 2016. The mother…
Date: June 30, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 62
Docket Number: SCBD-6934
Date: June 29, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 61
Date: June 29, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 60
Docket Number: SCBD-6938
Date: June 23, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 56
Docket Number: 117081
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff School districts located in Midwest City/Del City, Enid, Ponca City, and Oklahoma City filed an action alleging they received insufficient State Aid payments for the years 1992-2014. The named defendants were:…
Date: June 23, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 57
Docket Number: 118582
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2019, Respondents Ryan Kiesel and Michelle Tilley filed State Question No. 807, Initiative Petition No. 423 (SQ 807) with the Secretary of State of Oklahoma. SQ 807 proposes for submission to the voters the creation…
Date: June 23, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 58
Docket Number: 118665
Justia Opinion Summary: During the 2019 Legislative Session, the Oklahoma Legislature passed HB 2597. Prior to the passage of HB 2597, the Oklahoma criminal code provided it was unlawful to carry a concealed or unconcealed handgun without a…
Date: June 16, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 55
Docket Number: SCBD-6847
Date: June 15, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 54
Date: June 15, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 53
Docket Number: SCBD-2109
Date: June 9, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 50
Docket Numbers: No.115100, 115100
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff Signature Leasing, LLC requested a declaratory judgment regarding a contract containing an arbitration clause which Plaintiff alleged that Defendants Buyer's Group, LLC and Williams & Williams Marketing…
Date: June 8, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 49
Docket Numbers: 6925, SCBD-6925, Consol. w/69945
Date: June 1, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 46
Date: June 1, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 47
Date: May 27, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 42
Docket Number: 115789
Justia Opinion Summary: The Oklahoma Supreme Court granted certiorari to address first impression questions of: (1) whether a home warranty plan met the definition of an insurance contract; (2) and if it was insurance, whether a forced…
Date: May 27, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 43
Docket Number: 118685
Justia Opinion Summary: In October 2019, the Respondents-Proponents Andrew Moore, Janet Ann Largent, and Lynda Johnson filed Initiative Petition No. 420, State Question No. 804 (IP 420), with the Secretary of State of Oklahoma. The initiative…
Date: May 27, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 44
Docket Number: 118686
Date: May 26, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 45
Docket Number: 118774
Date: May 22, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 41
Date: May 18, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 34
Date: May 18, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 35
Date: May 12, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 31
Docket Number: 116978
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2010, plaintiff-appellant James Payne pled nolo contendere to stalking in Case No. CF-2010-27 in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. He received a five-year deferment with special rules and conditions of probation. He was…
Date: May 12, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 32
Docket Numbers: 118035, Comp. w/118078
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellants Taylor and Cody Hudson (Hudson/parents) were arrested and charged with felony criminal child abuse in relation to the alleged abuse of one of Cody Hudson's sons. Subsequently, the State sought to terminate the…
Date: May 11, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 40
Date: May 5, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 30
Docket Number: 115400
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff Shelli Farley, a surviving spouse of a former City of Claremore fireman, successfully obtained a death benefits award in the Workers' Compensation Commission. She then brought a District Court action for…
Date: May 5, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 27
Docket Number: 117671
Justia Opinion Summary: The Oklahoma Supreme Court granted certiorari to address whether a child placed for adoption was a pretermitted heir under the terms of the will. The decedent, Judith K. Pratt, left her entire estate to her caregivers…
Date: May 5, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 28
Docket Number: 117707
Justia Opinion Summary: The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals certified two questions of law to the Oklahoma Supreme Court. Billy Hamilton, a small-business owner in Council Hill, Oklahoma, filed a claim in December 2015 with his insurer,…
Date: May 5, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 29
Docket Number: 118185
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff-appellee Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America LLC (NGPL) operated two interstate natural gas pipelines that crossed property owned by Defendant-appellant Foster OK Resources LP (Foster). NGPL brought a…
Date: May 4, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 26
Docket Number: 118765
Date: May 1, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 22
Docket Number: 2020-38
Date: April 29, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 23
Date: April 28, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 21
Docket Number: SCBD-6798
Date: April 14, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 20
Docket Number: 115743
Justia Opinion Summary: The Oklahoma Supreme Court granted certiorari in this case to address a question of first impression: whether the presumption that the intent of an interspousal transfer of real property constitutes a gift may be…
Date: March 27, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 24
Date: March 27, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 19
Docket Number: SCBD-6903
Date: March 26, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 38
Date: March 26, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 39
Date: March 24, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 18
Docket Number: 6825
Date: March 23, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 37
Date: March 23, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 17
Docket Number: SCBD-4483
Date: March 16, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 25
Date: March 9, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 15
Date: March 3, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 13
Docket Number: SCBD-6840
Date: March 2, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 14
Docket Number: SCBD-6695
Date: February 24, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 12
Docket Number: SCBD-6895
Date: February 22, 2020
Citation: 2021 OK 8
Docket Number: SCBD-7008
Date: February 10, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 11
Docket Number: SCBD-6876
Date: February 4, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 9
Docket Numbers: 118405, 118406
Justia Opinion Summary: Respondents-Proponents Andrew Moore, Janet Ann Largent, and Lynda Johnson filed Initiative Petition No. 420, State Question No. 804 (IP 420), with the Secretary of State of Oklahoma. The initiative measure proposed to…
Date: February 4, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 10
Docket Number: 118406
Date: January 28, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 7
Docket Numbers: 115514, 115516
Justia Opinion Summary: The Oklahoma Supreme Court granted certiorari in this case to address whether two children who were named beneficiaries in a will were pretermitted heirs. After Fred Franklin James, Sr.'s will was admitted for probate,…
Date: January 28, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 8
Docket Number: SCBD-6811
Date: January 22, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 6
Docket Number: 116221
Justia Opinion Summary: A husband and wife each requested sole custody of their minor child during divorce proceedings. Trial was held and following a hearing, sole custody of the parties' minor child was awarded to the father. Mother appealed.…
Date: January 22, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 5
Docket Number: 118209
Justia Opinion Summary: Oklahoma Senate Bill 608 mandated that manufacturers of the top 25 brands of liquor and wine sell their product to all licensed wholesalers. Appellees, a group of liquor and wine wholesalers, manufacturers, retail liquor…
Date: January 14, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 4
Docket Number: SCBD-6687
Date: January 13, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 3
Date: January 6, 2020
Citation: 2020 OK 1
Docket Number: SCBD-3319
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