2021 April

Vol. 1 | No. 17 | April 28, 2021 Oklahoma Supreme Court No published opinions this week. Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals DETAR v. STATE 2021 OK CR 9, F-2019-351 Decided 04/22/2021 ¶1 Appellant, Justin Cecil Detar, was convicted by a jury of lewd or indecent proposals to a child under sixteen, after conviction of…

Vol. 1 | No. 16 | April 21, 2021 Oklahoma Supreme Court STRACK v. CONTINENTAL RESOURCES 2021 OK 21, 117276 Decided 04/20/2021 ¶0 Objector Daniel McClure appealed a $19 million attorney fee award and a $400,000 incentive award in a class action suit. The district court calculated the attorney fee amount using the percentage-of-common-fund method…

Vol. 1 | No. 15 | April 14, 2021 Oklahoma Supreme Court FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE v. CITY OF NORMAN 2021 OK 20, 119296 Decided 04/13/2021 ¶0 Plaintiff filed a petition for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief, claiming that Defendant violated city ordinance and the Open Meeting Act, 25 O.S.2011, §§ 301 –314. Both parties…

Vol. 1 | No. 14 | April 7, 2021 Oklahoma Supreme Court IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DOWNING 2021 OK 17, 118589 Decided 04/06/2021 ¶ 0 A dispute arose concerning control over a deceased individual’s remains. The trial court ruled that testimony regarding Decedent’s purchase of a burial plot and gravestone in 1966…