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Fight to change Oklahoma redistricting continues after Supreme Court ruling
OKLAHOMA CITY (Legal Newsline) – A group that wants to change how Oklahoma congressional and state districts are drawn, but was told by the state Supreme Court earlier this month that it would have to try again, has tried again.
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Oklahoma Supreme Court says state's liquor distribution law is unconstitutional
OKLAHOMA CITY (Legal Newsline) – In a 5-4 vote, the Oklahoma Supreme Court said a state law requiring liquor and wine manufacturers to sell products to all licensed wholesalers was unconstitutional.
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Oklahoma Supreme Court affirms dismissal of boy's lawsuit against school over bus collision
OKLAHOMA CITY (Legal Newsline) – On Sept. 24, the Supreme Court of Oklahoma ruled on a case concerning a then-6-year-old who was hit by a Mounds Public Schools bus in 2012.
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Don't use discarded shingles wrapping for legal documents, court rules
OKLAHOMA CITY (Legal Newsline) – The Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled that homeowners who sued a roof shingle manufacturer were not bound to an arbitration agreement that was printed on discarded wrapping.
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Okla. Supreme Court upholds $10 million wrongful death ruling against BNSF Railway; Train collided with man's vehicle in 2008
OKLAHOMA CITY (Legal Newsline) – The Oklahoma Supreme Court upheld a trial court judgment in a suit over wrongful death allegations after a man was killed when a BNSF train collided with his vehicle.
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Sierra Club scores win in fight with Oklahoma commission over installation of pollution-control devices
OKLAHOMA CITY (Legal Newsline) – The Sierra Club has scored a win in its fight with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission after the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that the commission lacked authority to approve the installation of pollution-control devices at a power plant.
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Lawyers return with lawsuit blaming Okla. earthquakes on fracking industry
OKLAHOMA CITY (Legal Newsline) - A lawsuit that blames the fracking industry for increased earthquake activity in Oklahoma is back.
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Oklahoma high court rules that doctors need patient consent before using non-doctor surgery assistants
OKLAHOMA CITY (Legal Newsline) – In a decision issued June 20, the Oklahoma Supreme Court voted unanimously that surgeons should seek patient consent before using non-doctors to assist with a surgery.
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Oklahoma SC refuses to wade into lawsuit over Syrian-born man’s baptism
The state’s high court, in its Feb. 22 ruling, said per the church autonomy doctrine, it lacks subject matter jurisdiction.
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Oklahoma Supreme Court upholds state's Uniform Unclaimed Property Act
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt says the state Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act in a case challenging the act’s constitutionality.
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Sierra Club's legal theory in frackquake case draws 'Star Trek' comparison
The Sierra Club and Public Justice are taking a novel approach in citing the Resource Conservation and Recovering Act in a lawsuit against the oil and gas industry in Oklahoma, according to several industry and environmental attorneys
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Frackquake lawsuits present PR dilemma for industry, evidence hurdle for plaintiffs
The negative publicity surrounding lawsuits alleging the oil and gas industry are responsible for earthquakes in Oklahoma is likely to cause more damage than the outcome of any of the suits - despite the plaintiffs' challenge of finding evidence tying fracking to the surge in activity.
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Okla. SC to hear challenge over new workers' comp law
OKLAHOMA CITY (Legal Newsline) -- The Oklahoma Supreme Court will decide whether the state's workers' compensation reform, signed into law six months ago, is constitutional.
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Okla. lawmakers send two dozen tort reform bills to governor following five-day session
OKLAHOMA CITY (Legal Newsline) -- Gov. Mary Fallin on Tuesday applauded state lawmakers for quickly passing a series of measures to rewrite Oklahoma's tort reform system.
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Report: Fixing Okla. tort reform law could take 28 bills, more than a week in special session
OKLAHOMA CITY (Legal Newsline) -- It likely will take more than two dozen bills to rewrite Oklahoma's tort system, state lawmakers say.
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Okla. gov. calls special session to deal with lawsuit reform law
OKLAHOMA CITY (Legal Newsline) -- Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin issued an executive order Monday, calling for a special session of the state legislature to begin Sept. 3.
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Head of legal reform institute says Okla. lawmakers need to address lawsuit reform law now
OKLAHOMA CITY (Legal Newsline) -- The head of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for Legal Reform says it is "vital" that Oklahoma lawmakers work quickly to address a recent state Supreme Court ruling that invalidated its lawsuit reform law.
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Tort reform group critical of Okla. SC ruling striking down lawsuit reform law
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- The American Tort Reform Association last week called out the Oklahoma Supreme Court for deeming the state's lawsuit reform law unconstitutional.
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Report: Okla. SC tosses lawsuit reform law, deems it unconstitutional
OKLAHOMA CITY (Legal Newsline) -- The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state's lawsuit reform law, adopted in 2009, is unconstitutional.
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Okla. AG wants SC action on water rights
Pruitt OKLAHOMA CITY (Legal Newsline) - Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt filed a lawsuit on Friday requesting that the Oklahoma Supreme Court begin stream adjudication to determine the rights for water in three major southeastern Oklahoma streams.