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On July 11, 1967, the Oklahoma Constitution was amended by State Question 447. 447 added Article 7B to the Constitution and created the Judicial Nominating Commission, originally consisting of 13 members. State Question 752 (adopted by the voters on November 2, 2010) amended the article by adding two additional members.
Samuel W. Hayes was born in Huntsville, Arkansas, on September 17, 1875, to John and Molly (née Cox) Hayes. [1] In 1877, the family moved to Jack County, Texas, where his parents worked on a farm and the boy received his basic education in the public schools.
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 ...
Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating appointed Buettner to the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals. He was sworn in on February 26, 1996. [1] Voters approved retaining him on the court in the election of 2006. [3] In 2016, Buettner was selected to a one-year term as vice chief judge of the court. [4] He has since been selected as Chief Judge for 2018. [5]
The Oklahoma Court of Tax Review is a special court in the Oklahoma judiciary charged with hearing disputes involving illegal taxes levied by county and city governments. All tax review cases are sent to the Chief Justice of Oklahoma, who then sends the claim to the presiding judge of the administration district from which the claim originated.
The 15-member commission was designed to take the politics out of Oklahoma’s judicial appointment process. State lawmakers moved to the commission system after a scandal rocked the Oklahoma ...
Separate lists are maintained for active service, during which a judge will normally maintain a full caseload, as well as for total service, combining active service and senior service. The caseload of a senior judge may range from full to inactive. [1] [2] Data on judges' dates of service is maintained by the Federal Judicial Center. [3]
As has been pointed out by Erwin Chemerinsky, a constitutional scholar and dean of the law school at UC Berkeley, from 1960 through 2021, Republicans have held the White House for 32 years and ...