Richards v. Powell’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “... We can see no law or logical reason why a district court in Oklahoma cannot determine all of the issues in a case without the necessity of at least two separate actions being filed. ... As we see it, the only possible rationale for the cases which conclude that the district court must sit in a dual capacity — that is, hear two separate lawsuits — is because originally there were two separate courts which now have become one... . This seems to go against the very letter and spirit of the statutory court reform in Oklahoma. [Emphasis added.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wilson v. Kane