Court Opinion

ID: 9885746
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-10-06 13:13:28.581946+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:48:56.676645
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WATT, V.C.J.,
with whom WINCHESTER, J. joins, dissenting:
DISSENTING OPINION
¶ 1 I dissent to the majority opinion. I would reverse the trial court for having declined to impose sanctions under 12 O.S. § 2011. I would affirm the trial court’s having awarded attorneys’ fees under its inherent power to do so where bad faith has been established. My reasons for dissenting here are set out at some length in my dissenting opinion in Tal III, State ex rel. Tal v. City of Oklahoma City, 2000 OK 70, 19 P.3d 268.