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Decisions IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF GEORGES2023 OK 123Case Number: 120989Decided: 12/19/2023 ¶1 James Felts, Appellant, filed a petition to vacate the final decree in a probate case and sought to intervene in the estate of Basil Georges, Decedent, on the theory that he was a pretermitted heir. In response to Appellant’s petition,…

Decisions STATE ex rel. OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION v. BOWER2022 OK 100Case Number: SCBD-7354Decided: 12/19/2022 ¶1 The State of Oklahoma, ex rel. Oklahoma Bar Association (OBA) has presented the Court with an application to approve the resignation of David Hadley Bower (Respondent) from membership in the OBA. Respondent, was admitted to membership on April 22, 1994; his…

Decisions BAILEY v. STATE ex rel. BD. OF TESTS FOR ALCOHOL AND DRUG INFLUENCE2022 OK 50, 118532Decided: 05/24/2022 ¶0 Plaintiffs filed an action in the District Court challenging rules adopted by the Oklahoma Board of Tests for Alcohol and Drug Influence at one of its meetings. Those rules were subsequently used by the Oklahoma Department…

Decisions KAMPHAUS v. TOWN OF GRANITE 2022 OK 46, 118984Decided 05/17/2022 ¶0 The mother of a child injured while visiting a cemetery when a headstone fell sued the Town of Granite, the operator of the cemetery, for negligence. The district court granted Town’s motion for summary judgment, holding that Town did not owe a duty…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Decisions STATE ex rel. OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION v. KUTNER 2022 OK 18, SCBD-7060Decided 02/28/2022 ¶0 Complainant, the State of Oklahoma ex rel. Oklahoma Bar Association, initiated disciplinary proceedings against Respondent, Sanford A. Kutner, a licensed Oklahoma lawyer, based on professional discipline in Louisiana. We find that the acts underlying that matter amount to professional misconduct…

Decisions BOOTH v. HOME DEPOT 2022 OK 16, 119924Decided 02/15/2022 ¶ 0 The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit certified to this Court a question of state law based on the Revised Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act, 20 O.S. §§ 1601-1611.