Title: Beedle v. Darby

State: oklahoma

Issuer: Oklahoma Supreme Court

Document:

Beedle v. Darby  Beedle v. Darby 2000 OK 1 996 P.2d 934 71 OBJ 111 Case Number: 93905 Decided: 01/10/2000 Supreme Court of Oklahoma LARRY BEEDLE, Petitioner, v. HONORABLE RICHARD B. DARBY, District Judge, Respondent. ORDER ¶1 Original jurisdiction is assumed. Art. 7 § 4, Okla.Const.; Hill v. Graham, 1967 OK 10, ¶ 21, 424 P.2d 35 , 38. After hearing in this Court with all parties present the Court holds that the real party in interest, Jackson County Memorial Hospital (or Jackson County Memorial Hospital Authority), is a political subdivision of the State, 51 O.S.Supp.1994 § 152(8)(d), and is therefore barred from bringing an action for libel. First Amendment, U.S. Const.; Art. 2 § 22, Okla.Const. ¶2 Let the writ issue directing the respondent/judge to dismiss with prejudice the underlying libel action in Cause No. CJ-99-56, on the docket of the District Court, Jackson County. ¶3 DONE BY THE ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT IN CONFERENCE THIS 10th DAY OF JANUARY, 2000. s/ CHIEF JUSTICE