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Revision as of 15:38, 8 April 2006 by NoSeptember (talk | contribs) (→External link: put OK govt above other states' courts)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The Oklahoma Supreme Court is one of two courts of last resort in the state of Oklahoma.
Jurisdiction and Structure
The court hears civil cases, as opposed to the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, which hears criminal appeals. The court's nine justices are appointed by the Governor via the Missouri Plan from a list compiled by the Judicial Nominating Commission and are subject to a retention vote on a six-year rotating election schedule on a non-partisan, non-competitive basis. Joseph M. Watt has served as Chief Justice of the court since 2002 and is currently serving his second two-year term in that post.
Current Justices
District 1-Robert E. Lavender
District 2-Steven W. Taylor
District 3-Marian P. Opala
District 4-Yvonne Kauger
District 5-James Winchester
District 6-Tom Colbert
District 7-James E. Edmondson
District 8-Rudolph Hargrave
District 9-Joseph M. Watt
List of Former Justices
- William Berry-(1958-1978)
- Daniel Boudreau-(1999-2004)
- Ralph Hodges-(1965-2004)
- Robert D. Simms-(1972-1999)
- Hardy Summers-(1985-2003)
- Charles M. Thacker-(1915-1918)
- R. L. Williams-(1907-1914)
- Alma Wilson-1982-1999)
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