Court Opinion

ID: 9627376
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 08:42:51.786429+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:06:45.405043
License: Public Domain

SIMMS, Justice,
dissenting.
¶ 1 I must respectfully dissent to the use of this Court’s Prerogative writ power to halt proceedings in the trial court, which has jurisdiction over the parties and the subject matter of the lawsuit. The writ is issued solely on the basis of the allegations contained in the trial court pleadings, particularly an amended petition. I would assume jurisdiction in this matter, however, solely to address the venue issue of whether or not Oklahoma should adopt the “single publication rule”. With the advent of mass publication and wide spread distribution of published materials, we should re-examine Oklahoma’s “multiple publication rule”, which would permit the action in this case to be filed in numerous counties of the state. Has the “multiple publication rule” become archaic? If so, then a prerogative writ might properly issue.