Slip opinions decided 2026 — Oklahoma Public Domain Citations

¶ 0 Petitioner brought this action seeking declaratory relief. We assume jurisdiction, find that HB 2783 is unconstitutional, and grant declaratory relief.

¶0 The University of Oklahoma denied an open records request from NonDoc Media, which sought the production of two reports prepared by a law firm hired by the University to investigate personnel matters. The University denied the request citing various privileges and statutory exemptions. NonDoc filed suit against the University to compel production of the reports pursuant to the Open Records Act, 51 O.S. 2021, § 24A.1 et seq . The University moved for summary judgment which the district court granted finding the University's cited privileges and exemptions applicable. NonDoc appealed this ruling, and this Court previously retained the matter. We find the requested reports protected from production by the attorney-client privilege.

¶0 This appeal concerns the change of treating physician provision in the Administrative Workers' Compensation Act.

¶ 0 The trial court granted Protestants' Protest to the Legal Sufficiency of Referendum Petition 2425-1, finding the gist of Referendum Petition 2425-1 legally insufficient. On appeal, we affirm.

¶1 Petitioner State Senator Kendal Sacchieri, along with 33 other Oklahoma State Senators and Representatives, ask the Oklahoma Supreme Court to temporarily enjoin Service Oklahoma and its Executive Director Jay Doyle from transmitting any record maintained by Service Oklahoma to the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators' State-to-State Verification Service. Senator Sacchieri also asks the Court to declare that Service Oklahoma lacks statutory authority to transmit records to the State-to-State Verification Service.

¶0 Respondent, a lawyer licensed in Oklahoma, received a one-year suspension of his license to practice law before the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. Pursuant to Rule 7.7 of the Oklahoma Rules Governing Disciplinary Proceedings, 5 O.S. Ch. 1, App. 1-A (RGDP), the Oklahoma Bar Association filed in this Court documentation of the suspension by the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Supreme Court. We directed Respondent to show cause why a final order of discipline should not be imposed on him by this Court. Respondent requested that no further discipline be imposed and that there be no hearing. The Bar requested this Court to impose the same discipline and suspend his Oklahoma Bar license for one year. After de novo review, this Court finds that no further discipline is warranted. DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDING DISMISSED

¶1 We previously assumed original jurisdiction. Okla. Const. art. VII, § 4. A writ of prohibition is issued to Grady County District Court Judge Kory Kirkland, or any other assigned judge, in James B. Faulkner and Maria Faulkner v. Cactus Drilling Company, LLC , No. CJ-2021-175 (Grady County), barring the enforcement of the September 11, 2025 Journal Entry of Judgment. A writ of mandamus is also issued, ordering the district court to dismiss all claims brought by Real Parties in Interest James B. Faulkner and Maria Faulkner.

¶ 1 Pursuant to the general administrative authority that Article VII, Section 6 of the Oklahoma Constitution vests in this Court over all courts of this State except the Court on the Judiciary and the Senate sitting as a Court of Impeachment, the Court hereby adopts the attached amendment to Rule 2 of the Rules for Mandatory Judicial Continuing Legal Education, 5 O.S.2025, ch. 1, app. 4B. A clean copy of the amended rule is attached as "Exhibit A," and a red-lined copy is attached as "Exhibit B."

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¶1 On January 29, 2026 the Complainant Oklahoma Bar Association (OBA) filed a verified complaint against the respondent, Jesse David Kline, pursuant to Rule 6 of the Rules Governing Disciplinary Proceedings (RGDP), 5 O.S.2011, ch. 1, app. 1-A. The OBA, with the concurrence of the Professional Responsibility Commission, requests an emergency interim suspension of Respondent from the practice of law pursuant to Rule 6.2A of the RGDP.

¶ 1. This is an appeal from an order of the Comanche County District Court denying the Plaintiffs/Appellants' petition below for declaratory and injunctive relief pursuant to section 24A.17(B) of the Oklahoma Open Records Act (ORA), 51 O.S. § 24A.17 (B). The Oklahoma Supreme Court retained this case on the Court's own motion and made it a companion with James Lawson v. LeFlore County Detention Center Public Trust , No. 122,806, because both cases concerned whether the ORA's definition of "law enforcement agency" in section 24A.3(5) included a detention center managed by a public trust.

¶0 Petitioner seeks writs of prohibition and mandamus to preclude enforcement and require modification of Respondent's discovery order. We assume original jurisdiction and grant the writ of prohibition.

¶1 Before this Court is (1) the affidavit of Respondent Law Watson Pryor McMeans filed pursuant to Rule 8.1 of the Rules Governing Disciplinary Proceedings (RGDP), 5 O.S.2021, ch. 1, app. 1-A, requesting that this Court allow him to resign his membership in the Oklahoma Bar Association (OBA) and relinquish his right to practice law, (2) the OBA's Application for Order Approving Resignation Pending Disciplinary Proceedings, and (3) the OBA's Application to Assess Costs.