Oklahoma Supreme Court

The Oklahoma Supreme Court says that State Question 832 will have a 10-day protest period in an opinion released last week. The opinion offers clarity about whether the period should be 10, 20 or 90 days long — a conundrum caused by new laws that conflict with current statutes and each other.

After the dismissal of their case, attorneys representing survivors Lessie Benningfield Randle and Viola Fletcher want another chance in front of the state’s justices.

Oklahoma’s highest court rejected a reparations lawsuit brought by Viola Fletcher and Lessie Benningfield Randle, who lived through the racist attack over 100 years ago.

In a unanimous decision, the Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in favor of Edmond Public Schools in a battle over books in its school libraries.

In its opinion, the court said the survivors' arguments did not fall within Oklahoma's public nuisance law.

Attorneys for the two living survivors will be able to speak to the state's justices about their public nuisance suit.

Alicia Stroble requested a state income tax exemption. When it was denied, she took her case to court.

Attorneys representing the two remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre filed a final brief in their reparations case with the Oklahoma Supreme Court on Monday and await the high court's decision on whether to let their trial proceed.

The Oklahoma Supreme Court says a proposed state question on whether to legalize the recreational use of marijuana won't appear on the November ballot.

A Tulsa man whose case led to a Supreme Court ruling on tribal jurisdiction regarding crimes committed by non-Indians against Indian victims has been sentenced to prison in federal court.