¶1 On June 30, 2006, the petitioners-appellees, The Trust Company of Oklahoma and Ronald Saffa, filed a pleading entitled "Application for Instructions, and Brief in Support, Regarding Conduct in Apparent Violation of the No-Contest Provisions of the Lorice T. Wallace Revocable Trust and the Lorice T. Wallace Irrevocable Trust." After a hearing the trial court found that the respondent-appellant,... More...   $0 (05-26-2009 - OK)

Donald E. Sable II alleges that the City Council of the City of Nichols Hills, Oklahoma, sought to condemn his property in retaliation for his having brought a successful quiet-title suit against the City. He sued the City and several councilors under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The councilors argued that legislative immunity protected them from suit. The district court disagreed and the councilors (Defend... More...   $0 (04-24-2009 - OK)

¶1 Petitioner/Appellant, Susan Cherie Fritts Kilpatrick (Mother), appeals the trial court's denial of her motion to terminate joint custody, and its finding that she was guilty of contempt of court. We affirm the trial court's order as modified herein.

FACTS

¶2 In September 2001, Mother married Respondent/Appellee, Timothy Allen Kilpatrick (Father), a week after their child was bor... More...   $0 (11-06-2008 - OK)

¶1 Plaintiff Richard C. Barnett (Barnett) sued defendants Darryl K. Simmons and Paul A. Franks, individually and as partners doing business as Rock Oil Company (Rock Oil), seeking unpaid royalties on sales of oil allegedly owed to him by Rock Oil as operator of a well producing on the Osborn lease. Barnett alleged that he had been underpaid for royalties on the Osborn lease and that Rock Oil had ... More...   $0 (11-10-2008 - OK)

¶1 The claimant, Bonnie Brooks (Claimant), appeals a decision of the Three Judge Panel of the Workers' Compensation Court in favor of Osage Drilling Company/Seismic Drilling (Employer) and its insurer, American Home Assurance, finding that she was not a surviving spouse of Roy Sanders, deceased.1

BACKGROUND

¶2 The parties have not materially disputed the facts pertinent to this... More...   $0 (07-10-2008 - OK)

In 1992, Defendant-Appellee Public Service Company of Oklahoma (“PSOâ€�) used the eminent domain authority granted to it under Oklahoma law to condemn an easement across property owned by Plaintiff-Appellant B. Willis, C.P.A., Inc. (“Willisâ€�). Willis, in turn, invoked remedies available under Oklahoma law, first to challenge, before a state court judge, the necessity for PSO to condemn this ... More...   $0 (08-08-2008 - OK)

In 1992, Defendant-Appellee Public Service Company of Oklahoma (“PSOâ€�) used the eminent domain authority granted to it under Oklahoma law to condemn an easement across property owned by Plaintiff-Appellant B. Willis, C.P.A., Inc. (“Willisâ€�). Willis, in turn, invoked remedies available under Oklahoma law, first to challenge, before a state court judge, the necessity for PSO to condemn this ... More...   $0 (07-20-2008 - OK)

�1 Michael Watkins (Husband) appeals from the Trial Court's judgment awarding the balance due his former wife Ruth Watkins (Wife) pursuant to his obligations in their divorce decree. Based on our... More...   $0 (12-14-2007 - OK)

�1 Byron Cornelius Thompson was charged in Tulsa County, Case No. CF-2005-812, with Murder in the First Degree, under 21 O.S.Supp.2004, � 701.7 (Count I), and two counts of Feloniously Pointing a Weapon, under 21 O.S.2001, � 1289.16 , After Former Conviction of a Felony (Counts II and III). 1 Thompson was tried by jury and convicted on all three counts. In accordance wi... More...   $0 (10-11-2007 - OK)

�1 Appellant, David Burnham Autry, an attorney and member of the Oklahoma Bar, was held in direct contempt of court, in violation of 21 O.S.2001, � 565.1 , in Case No. CF-1998-2944, in the District Court of Oklahoma County by the Honorable Tammy Bass-Jones, District Judge. The matter was transferred to the Honorable Susan P. Caswell, District Judge, who, after a hearing, found A... More...   $0 (11-02-2007 - OK)

�1 The appellant, Michael L. Merritt, filed an application for an indirect contempt citation and a motion to reduce arrearage to judgment. The appellee, Jane A. Merritt, filed a motion to dismiss the contempt citation based on the payment of Social Security benefits to the child of the parties. The Social Security payment made subsequent to the commencement of this action exceeded the amoun... More...   $0 (07-01-2003 - OK)

Petitioner-appellant S.L.V.M. Cyndie de Silva appeals the judgment of the district court denying her Hague Convention petition for return of her son, Jonathan, to her custody in Canada and allowing him, instead, to remain with his father in Oklahoma pending a custody determination. After "review[ing] the district court's findings of fact for clear error and its conclusions regarding principles ... More...   $0 (04-05-2007 - OK)

Plaintiff's complaint alleged that Defendants violated RICO by "engag[ing] in various schemes intended to use sham legal process to defraud and extort money and property from American citizens." R. Vol. I, doc. 1 at 2-3. To state a RICO claim, a plaintiff must set forth "four elements: (1) conduct (2) of an enterprise (3) through a pattern (4) of racketeering activity. A pattern of racketeering... More...   $0 (09-23-2005 - OK)

1 The appellant, Michael L. Merritt, filed an application for an indirect contempt citation and a motion to reduce arrearage to judgment. The appellee, Jane A. Merritt, filed a motion to dismiss the contempt citation based on the payment of Social Security benefits to the child of the parties. The Social Security payment made subsequent to the commencement of this action exceeded the amount of ... More...   $0 (07-01-2003 - OK)

�1 The issue before this Court is whether a sentence and a fine can be imposed for indirect contempt without allowing the accused to purge the sentence.1 We find the trial court was within its statutory authority to impose a sentence and fine for indirect contempt. However, the trial court erred in using a clear-and-convincing evidence standard rather than beyond a reasonable doubt and i... More...   $0 (05-18-2004 - OK)

�1 The dispositive issues1 tendered for corrective relief on certiorari are (1) whether an earlier pronouncement by the Court of Civil Appeals in this case,2 which affirmed the trial court's denial of former husband's motion to vacate the parties' divorce decree, operates in a post-decree con-[57 P.3d 563]tempt proceeding to bar relitigation of alleged jurisdictional defects in that ... More...   $0 (02-11-2002 - OK)

�1 Mother Mary Ann Aguero appeals the trial court's post-divorce decree order determining she is not entitled to certain back child support from Father Manuel Aguero, Jr. The issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred when it allowed Father to assert the equitable defenses of laches, waiver, and estoppel to Mother's claim for child support arrearages. After a review of the facts ... More...   $0 (02-02-1999 - OK)

�1 Former wife obtained a judgment against former husband for unpaid support alimony payments required by divorce decree. She then sought to hold former husband in contempt for unpaid alimony payments. Former husband filed a motion in limine to exclude evidence of alimony payments included in the judgment. The Honorable Sidney J. Gorelick, Judge of the District Court, granted the motio... More...   $0 (10-14-1997 - OK)

�1 The issues before this Court are: (1) whether the district court erred in refusing grandparent's request to enforce a consent visitation order, (2) whether the district erred in treating mother's motion to terminate visitation as an objection to request for enforcement of grandparental visitation, (3) what are the standards for terminating or modifying a consent decree granting grandp... More...   $0 (06-03-2003 - OK)

Plaintiffs appeal the dismissal of their suit for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. They contend that the district court erred in characterizing their claims as involving a purely intratribal dispute and assert that the district court had jurisdiction to determine whether certain persons were properly appointed to the Kaw Nation District Court (KNDC) and the Kaw Nation Supreme Court. Exercis... More...   $0 (08-16-2004 - OK)

1 The appellant, Michael L. Merritt, filed an application for an indirect contempt citation and a motion to reduce arrearage to judgment. The appellee, Jane A. Merritt, filed a motion to dismiss the contempt citation based on the payment of Social Security benefits to the child of the parties. The Social Security payment made subsequent to the commencement of this action exceeded the amount of ... More...   $0 (07-01-2003 - OK)

1 Pursuant to the Revised Uniform Certified Questions of Law Act, 20 O.S.2001, §§1601 et seq., the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit submitted this question: Does a school teacher's unexecuted threat to physically assault the school superintendent and another teacher, made on school premises but outside the general purview of the students, constitute "moral turpitude" justify... More...   $0 (09-23-2003 - OK)

The issue before us is one of first impression, that is, whether the termination of parental rights also terminates the duty to support. The legal issue and facts of this appeal are similar to those before us in Lindsay v. McCabe, 2003 OK 86, ___P.2d___, also decided today. The current law on this issue, found in 10 O.S.2001, § 7006-1.3(B)(1), and enacted in 1994, provides that termination of p... More...   $0 (10-14-2003 - OK)

In addition to the documents discussed above, the parties stipulated to other facts. On July 13, 2000, the respondent, Jami Lynn Stewart, was suspended from the practice of law for three years in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The suspension was based on an agreement between Ms. Stewart and the bankruptcy trustee. Ms. Stewart had failed to disclose her att... More...   $0 (02-11-2003 - OK)

1 Michael Scott Hoover was tried by jury and acquitted of several counts of lewd molestation in the District Court of Oklahoma County, Case Nos. CF-97-3462 and CF-98-4543. On March 3, 2000, Hoover filed a Petition for Expungement and Sealing of Record resulting from these charges in the District Court. After an April 17, 2000, hearing, the trial court denied Hoover's motion for expungement. Hoover... More...   $0 (06-07-2001 - OK)

This case arises from a trademark dispute between plaintiff-appellant, the Estate of James S. Bishop ("the Estate"), and defendant-appellee, Equinox International Corporation ("Equinox"), over Equinox's infringing use of the federally registered trademark "Essence of Life." We resolved a prior appeal in this case in Bishop v. Equinox International Corp., 154 F.3d 1220 (10th Cir. 1998) ("Bishop I")... More...   $0 (07-20-2001 - OK)

Michael Read appeals the district court's dismissal of his claims asserted pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against two state court judges, his ex-wife, and his ex-wife's lawyer. In the district court proceedings, Mr. Read challenged a divorce decree entered by default by the Tulsa County District Court (hereafter "the Tulsa County Court"). He maintained that the decree was entered after service by pu... More...   $0 (01-09-2001 - OK)

Michael Read appeals the district court's dismissal of his claims asserted pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against two state court judges, his ex-wife, and his ex-wife's lawyer. In the district court proceedings, Mr. Read challenged a divorce decree entered by default by the Tulsa County District Court (hereafter "the Tulsa County Court"). He maintained that the decree was entered after service by pu... More...   $0 (01-09-2001 - OK)

In 1991, Mother was found guilty of contempt for denial of Father's visita... More...   $0 (01-29-2001 - OK)

Citation for contempt of court against David Nichols and Joe Bob Reynolds.... More...   $0 (06-21-1998 - OK)