Case Name: STATE of Oklahoma ex rel. OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION, Complainant, v. James I. MAXWELL, Respondent
Court: Oklahoma Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Oklahoma
Decision Date: 1989-07-18
Citations: 777 P.2d 944
Docket Number: SCBD 3544; OBAD 883
Parties: STATE of Oklahoma ex rel. OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION, Complainant, v. James I. MAXWELL, Respondent.
Judges: HARGRAVE, C.J., OPALA, V.C.J., and HODGES, LAVENDER and SIMMS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Pacific Reporter 2d
Volume: 777
Pages: 944–945

Head Matter:
STATE of Oklahoma ex rel. OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION, Complainant, v. James I. MAXWELL, Respondent.
SCBD 3544.
OBAD 883.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma.
July 18, 1989.

Opinion:
ORDER
After careful review of the matters submitted in the above-entitled cause the Court finds that respondent's motion that the date of his Resignation Pending Disciplinary Proceedings be made retroactive to the date of a prior suspension should be, and is, hereby denied.
The effective date of a resignation is upon filing the resignation with the Executive Director. State ex rel. OBA v. Perkins, 757 P.2d 825, 827 (Okl.1988), Rule 8.1, Ch. 1, App. 1-A. The effective date of respondent's resignation herein is November 29, 1988.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
HARGRAVE, C.J., OPALA, V.C.J., and HODGES, LAVENDER and SIMMS, JJ., concur.
KAUGER, J., dissents by stare decisis.
SUMMERS, J., dissents.
DOOLIN, J., disqualified.
KAUGER, Justice, dissenting by reason of stare decisis.
See State ex rel. Okla. Bar Ass'n v. Smith, 58 OBJ 283 (February 7, 1987).