Opinion ID: 3213067
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Reformation and Cy Pres

Text: ¶19 ANR also urges for the first time in its Response to Appellees' Petition for Certiorari that, if the Option Provision is void, then it should be reformed under Title 60, Sections 75-77 of the 2011 Oklahoma Statutes. Rule 1.26(a) of the Oklahoma Supreme Court Rules requires that an appellant, here ANR, include in its petition in error or a timely filed amended petition in error any error or any issue presented to and resolved by the trial court which is supported by the record. Okla.Sup.Ct.R. 1.26(a), 12 O.S.2011, app. 1, r. 1.26(a). The only exception is found in Rule 1.26(b), which deems the petition in error amended to include errors set forth in the brief in chief. In appeals brought under Supreme Court Rule 1.36 (Accelerated procedure for summary judgments and certain dismissals) as here, briefs are not filed unless otherwise ordered by the appellate court. In this case, no appellate briefs were ordered by either the Court of Civil Appeals or by this Court, precluding review of issues not raised by the petition in error. ¶20 ANR failed to assert in the district court that the Option Provision, if violating the rule against perpetuities, should be reformed under the cy pres doctrine. Having failed to raise the issue in the district court, ANR could not assert in the petition in error as an issue that the district court erred in not reforming the Option Provision. Further, even with a liberal reading of the petition in error, we find nothing which raises the issue of reformation. For these reasons, ANR's argument that the Option Provision is subject to reformation is not before this Court.