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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.
The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday stopped what would have been the first publicly funded religious charter school in the U.S., turning back conservatives and the state's GOP governor who have ...
The state’s high court heard oral arguments in a first-of-its-kind reparations development for those harmed by the 1921 race massacre. For the first time in over a century, Oklahoma’s Supreme ...
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 chief judge of the Oklahoma Supreme Court is recommending the immediate suspension and eventual removal of a state judge who faces separate shooting charges in Oklahoma and Texas. The petition ...
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.