http://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/start.aspPublished Decisions within the last 7 daysThu, 02 Jul 2009 15:20:46 GMTOSCN Feed Generator 1.0.56[www.oscn.net]en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rsswebmaster@oscn.nethttp://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=455627¶0 Law firm and associated lawyers brought this action in the District Court of Tulsa County seeking declaratory and injunctive relief to enjoin a former client from asserting claims arising from their retainer agreement in arbitration in New York. The trial court, Honorable Mary F. Fitzgerald, dismissed the petition and the Court of Civil Appeals affirmed.Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:00:00 CSThttp://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=455626¶0 Danny and Pat Dye filed a petition in the state district court against the Choctaw Nation and its casino in Pocola, Oklahoma, to recover tort damages. The Choctaw Nation moved to dismiss on the basis of tribal sovereign immunity. The district court dismissed the petition. The Dyes appealed. The Court of Civil Appeals reversed and remanded the cause. We granted the Choctaw Nation's petition for certiorari review.Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:00:00 CSThttp://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=455625¶0 Dorothy Griffith filed a petition in the state district court against the Choctaw Nation and its casino in Pocola, Oklahoma, to recover tort damages. The Choctaw Nation moved to dismiss on the basis of tribal sovereign immunity. The district court dismissed the petition. Griffith appealed. We retained the appeal to address an issue of statewide importance: Whether the state district court is a "court of competent jurisdiction" as that phrase is used in the statutory class III gaming compact, 3A O.S.Supp.2004, § 281 , offered to federally recognized Indian tribes in Oklahoma.Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:00:00 CSThttp://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=455624¶0 Tenant instituted a negligent maintenance and construction action against landlord and contractor respectively, for personal injuries sustained when tenant fell from her second story balcony after the balcony railing collapsed. The District Judge of Oklahoma County, Honorable Patricia G. Parrish, granted summary judgment in favor of landlord and contractor. The Court of Civil Appeals affirmed the trial court's ruling as to landlord based on the holdings in Godbey v. Barton , 1939 OK 19 , 86 P.2d 621 , Alfe v. New York Life Ins. Co. , 1937 OK 243 , 67 P.2d 947 , and similar cases premised on the common law rule of landlord tort immunity; but reversed as to contractor. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:00:00 CSThttp://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=455606¶0 Buyers of a home, claiming the amount of square footage of the house they had recently purchased had been misrepresented to them, brought an action against the sellers of the house, the real estate broker, and the real estate sales associate. The buyers sought damages, alleging fraud on the part of all defendants along with violation of the Oklahoma Real Estate License Code by the broker and sales associate. Upon motions by defendants' counsel, the District Court, Pottawatomie County, Douglas L. Combs, Judge, gave summary judgment to the defendants. The Court of Civil Appeals, Division I, affirmed that disposition. On certiorari granted upon plaintiff's petition,Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:00:00 CSThttp://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=455593¶0 Appellee, Steven R. Blue, filed an action seeking a writ of mandamus requiring the Board of Trustees of Employees Retirement System of Tulsa County (ERSTC) to implement, pursuant to 19 O.S.Supp.2003, § 956.3 , the transfer of his years of service credit from the state retirement system. The trial court issued the writ, directing ERSTC to comply with the statute. ERSTC appealed. The Court of Civil Appeals, Division IV, reversed the trial court's issuance of the writ finding § 956.3 to be an unconstitutional special law.Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:00:00 CSThttp://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=455628¶1  Tommy Wayne Love was tried by jury and convicted of Count I, Trafficking in Controlled Drugs in violation of 63 O.S.Supp.2004, § 2-415 (C), in the District Court of Tulsa County, CF-2006-5877. 1 In accordance with the jury's recommendation the Honorable Gordon McAllister sentenced Love to twenty (20) years imprisonment and a fine of $25,000, all but $500 suspended. Love appeals from this conviction and sentence. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:00:00 CST