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The Supreme Court of Oklahoma is a court of appeal for non-criminal cases, one of the two highest judicial bodies in the U.S. state of Oklahoma, and leads the judiciary of Oklahoma, the judicial branch of the government of Oklahoma. [1] The Oklahoma Supreme Court meets in the Oklahoma Judicial Center, having previously met in the Oklahoma State ...
The court was established when Oklahoma achieved statehood in 1907, and was initially composed of five justices, with the state divided into a corresponding number of judicial districts. [1] In 1917, the court was expanded to nine justices, with the judicial districts being redrawn accordingly, and with the seats for the fourth and fives ...
The court’s jurisdiction may be called into force by the Governor, Attorney General, Oklahoma Supreme Court, the Oklahoma Bar Association, or by the House of Representatives. Also, private citizens can file a formal complaint against a judge to be heard by the Oklahoma Council of Judicial Complaints.
Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice Noma Gurich, shown here in February, was appointed to the bench in 2011. She is one of three justices facing a retention vote Nov. 5.
The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday set a date to hear oral arguments in state Attorney General Gentner Drummond’s lawsuit to stop the creation of what would be the nation’s first public ...
With a packed gallery watching, Oklahoma Supreme Court justices seemed skeptical of an argument that what would be the nation’s first Catholic virtual charter school would actually be a private ...
The Oklahoma Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit arguing the remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre should be compensated by the city for damages Wednesday, dealing a blow to their ...
Matthew John Kane IV is an American attorney serving as the chief justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court. Kane was appointed the state's highest court by Governor Kevin Stitt in 2019. He was elected to a two year term as chief justice, commencing January 1, 2023. [1] He had previously served as the vice chief justice from 2021 to 2022.