2022 March
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decisions STATE ex rel. OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION v. GEORGE 2022 OK 34, SCBD-7085Decided 04/12/2022 ¶0 Respondent is a senior attorney licensed to practice law in Oklahoma and a member in good standing of the Oklahoma Bar Association. The Bar initiated disciplinary proceedings against Respondent based on professional discipline he received in the United States Court…
Read MoreOklahoma Court of Civil Appeals | March 30, 2022
PEVETO v. PEVETO 2022 OK CIV APP 7, 119497Decided 02/22/2022 ¶1 Plaintiff/Appellee Burl Peveto (Husband) sued his former wife Defendant/Appellant Lori Peveto (Wife) seeking partition of the house they once owned in joint tenancy with rights of survivorship. While married, the ownership of the house alternated between joint tenancy and Wife as the sole owner.…
Read MoreDispositions Other Than By Published Opinion | March 23, 2022
Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals Division I Division II 119,260 – Pilot Travel Centers, LLC and Ace American Insurance, Co., Petitioners, vs. Brenda Stephens and The Workers’ Compensation Commission, Respondents. Appeal from The Workers’ Compensation Commission. The petitioners, Pilot Travel Centers LLC and Ace American Insurance Co., appeal a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Commission…
Read MoreSupreme Court of Oklahoma | March 23, 2022
Decisions FRIEND v. FRIEND 2022 OK 29, 118339Decided 03/22/2022 ¶0 Appellant Brian Friend appealed a decision from the trial court granting Appellee Kirsten Friend attorney fees. The Court of Civil Appeals, Division 1, affirmed the trial court. The Court of Civil Appeals denied Appellee’s subsequent request for appeal-related attorney fees. We granted Appellee’s petition for…
Read MoreDispositions Other Than By Published Opinion | March 23, 2022
Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals Division I 118,828 – Jim Roddy and Shirley A. Roddy Trustees of the Roddy Living Trust dated October 18, 1999, and Kim and Shirley Roddy, Individually, Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. Stephen Jenks and Janyll Jenks, Jsquared Investments LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, Associated Mortgage Corporation, an Oklahoma Corporation, Hanscomb Federal Credit…
Read MoreOklahoma Court of Civil Appeals | March 16, 2022
Decisions BCE-MACH v. ROACH2022 OK CIV APP 5, 119557Decided 06/29/2021Mandate Issued: 03/09/2022 ¶1 The parties dispute whether the location, use, and actual necessity of disposal wells exempts the disposal wells at issue from ad valorem taxation. Oklahoma Supreme Court precedent in Cumberland Operating Co. v. Ogez , 1988 OK 14 , 769 P.2d 105 ,…
Read MoreDispositions Other Than By Published Opinion | March 16, 2022
Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals Division I 118,871 – ELLAMAE THIESSEN; and, LIBERTY MINERALS, LLC, Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. CBS ENERGY, L.L.C.; THE TERMO COMPANY; TIP OIL CO., LLC; CHESAPEAKE EXPLORATION, L.L.C.; GASTAR EXPLORATION USA, INC.; GARDE ROYALTY, LLC; NEWFIELD EXPLORATION MID-CONTINENT, INC.; ATLAS OBO ENERGY, LP; OKIE ENERGY GROUP II, LLC; MJRSR, LLC; KWF ENTERPRISES, L.P.;…
Read MoreOklahoma Court of Civil Appeals | March 9, 2022
Decisions RCB BANK v. STITT2022 OK CIV APP 3Case Number: 117835; Consol w/116548 116551Decided: 01/05/2021Mandate Issued: 03/03/2022THE COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, DIVISION II ¶1 Kent Stitt (Kent) and Kent D. Stitt as Trustee of the 186th St. Land Trust #3240 (Trust) along with M. Keith Stitt & Associates (Keith), appeal the…
Read MoreSupreme Court of Oklahoma | March 9, 2022
Decisions BARNETT v. OKAY PUBLIC WORKS AUTHORITY 2022 OK 24, 117792Decided 03/08/2022 ¶0 The Okay Public Works Authority (OPWA) appeals a jury verdict in an inverse condemnation lawsuit. The jury found that a taking occurred when OPWA installed wastewater sewer lines in a mobile home community. The Court of Civil Appeals reversed the district court’s…
Read MoreDispositions Other Than By Published Opinion | March 9, 2022
Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals Division I 120,041 – In the matter of the Estate of: Darrel E. Hendrick, Deceased, Michelle Schonholtz, Appellant, v. TTCU Federal Credit Union, Creditor/Appellee, and Catherine Curtin, Special Administrator of the Estate of Darrell E. Hendrick, Deceased, Appellee. Appeal from the District Court of Wagoner County, Oklahoma. Honorable Dennis N.…
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