¶1 The appellant, Stephen Paul Wallace, has asserted numerous issues and allegations in this case in a long contest over family trusts. The petition in error appeals a "Judgment and Sentence for Indirect Contempt of Court." We1 address the issues as argued in the appellant's Brief in Chief and Reply Brief.2

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURE

¶2 On March 26, 2004, the appellees, Ronald Saff

2 Plaintiffs Kevin and Mitzi Rains filed an action against several parties
3 seeking damages for injuries sustained by Kevin when a board on which he was standing
4 broke, causing him to fall 16 feet to the ground. Kevin, who was working as a
5 subcontractor on a construction project, sustained a thoracic T12 vertebrae burst fracture
6 that resulted in paraplegia. Kevin brought cla

Tilly’s Inc. and World of Jeans & Tops, Inc. (hereafter collectively referred to in the singular as Employer) appeal from the trial court’s order denying its motion to compel arbitration of Maria Rebolledo’s putative class action regarding statutory wage claims. We agree with the trial court’s conclusion the parties’ arbitration agreement expressly excluded statutory wage claims from the

Appellant Leif James Putnam appeals the grant of the appellees’ plea to the jurisdiction and the dismissal of his claims with prejudice. Because Putnam’s claims against appellees Mary Iverson and Attorney General Gregory W. Abbott in their official capacities1 are either moot or precluded by sovereign immunity, we
1 Appellee Iverson was sued in her official capacity as an “Authorized Age

Christopher L. Gay and Steven L. Carroll challenge the trial court’s order granting the City of Wichita Falls’ plea to the jurisdiction based on governmental immunity. The underlying controversy arises from the denial of Gay’s and Carroll’s claims for long-term disability benefits under insurance provided to them by their former employer, the City of Wichita Falls. Because we conclude that

M.F., n/k/a M.B., (Mother) appeals the trial court’s Order on Notice of Changed Status, which ordered her to pay current child support in the amount of $257 per month to M.J.F. (Father). Although it was signed on November 15, 2012, the order directed support payments to begin effective January 1, 2012. These retroactive support orders are at issue on appeal. For the reasons that follow, we affir

Douglas Smith v. Jeffrey Humphrey a/k/a Jeff Humphrey

1. Plaintiff was at all material times a resident of Tulsa County, Oklahoma.
2. Defendant was at all material times upon information and belief a resident of Tulsa County, Oklahoma.
3. Defendant John Doe, a business entity, is a business whose identity is unknown now, but may be revealed through the course of discovery. Defenda

Toriano Robinson v. Timothy Aaron Reeves

1. Plaintiff was at all material times a resident of Tulsa County, Oklahoma.
2. Defendant was at all material times upon information and belief a resident of Okmulgee County, Oklahoma.
3. Defendant John Doe, a business entity, is a business whose identity is unlcnown now, but may be revealed through the course of discovery. Defendant John D

Diana Vearlene Fortenberry v. Sean Fliehman a/k/a Sean D. Fliehman

Plaintiff alleges and states as follows:
1. Plaintiff was at all material times a resident of Tulsa County, Oklahoma.
2. Defendant Fliehman was at all material times upon information and belief a resident of Tulsa County, Oklahoma.
3. Defendant John Doe, a business entity, is a business whose identity is unknow

State of Oklahoma v. Jorge Cecena

Count # 1.
Count as Filed: OPJ, BRIBING AN OFFICER , in violation of 21 O.S. 381
Date Of Offense: 11/19/2012

Party Name: Disposition Information:

CECENA, JORGE
Disposed: CONVICTION, 09/09/2013. Guilty Plea.
Count as Disposed:BRIBING AN OFFICER (OPJ)
Violation of 21 O.S. 381

Count # 2.
Count as Fi

Jeanne Payne v. Andrew Joseph Lee a/k/a Andrew J. Lee a/k/a Andrew Lee, Danielle Nicole Davis, a/k/a Daniellle N. Davis a/k/a Daniel Davis, Ralph Tully Davis, a/k/a Ralph T. Davis, a/k/a Ralph Davis

1. Plaintiff was at all material times a resident of Wagoner County, Oklahoma.
2. Defendant A. Lee was at all material times upon information and belief a resident of Tulsa County, Oklahom

Irving H. Picard (the ʺTrusteeʺ), trustee for the
liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities
LLC (ʺBLMISʺ) and of the bankruptcy estate of Bernard
L. Madoff, initiated adversary proceedings seeking to
block the settlement of three lawsuits, none of which
involved BLMIS or the Madoff estate as a party. The
suits in question were brought by and on behalf of

We consider the reach of the whistleblower retaliation provision created by
the Sarbanes‐Oxley Act of 2002 (“Sarbanes‐Oxley” or “SOX”). See Pub. L. No. 107‐
204, § 806, 116 Stat. 745, 802‐04 (codified as amended at 18 U.S.C. § 1514A). The
district court (Forrest, J.) dismissed the complaint brought by plaintiff‐appellant
Christian Nielsen (“Nielsen”) against

Appellant Transcontinental Realty Investors, Inc. appeals from various rulings of the trial court arguing appellee lacks standing to assert claims as landlord. Appellant also contends that the trial court erred in its admission of expert witness testimony. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
Pursuant to the terms of a lease dated September 3, 2004, Sidney Wicks leased various commercial properties in Ad

¶1 Mark and Rachel Hall appeal three rulings of the district court, a January 3, 2011 order granting their motion for attorney fees, a January 31, 2011 order denying their motion for treble damages and a July 6, 2011 order denying their motion for additional attorney fees. We dismiss this appeal for lack of appellate jurisdiction because the orders appealed lack the finality required for appellat

¶1 Jim C. Graham instituted this action January 9, 1957, against the City of Duncan to collect damages for the alleged destruction of a broomcorn crop of the value of $5,274.25. The parties will be referred to as Graham and City.

¶2 In his petition Graham alleged he had leased land in Stephens County, Oklahoma, from his father, the then owner of the land, for the year 1956 and had plant

FLINTCO LLC, Plaintiff, v. THALDEN BOYD ARCHITECTS, DBA THALDENBOYD ARCHITECTS Defendant, and
CHARLES CHIEF BOYD, Defendant, and BARRY RICHARD THALDEN, DBA THALDEN BOYD ARCHITECTS
Defendant, and THALDEN BOYD ARCHITECTS LLC, Defendant, and THALDEN BOYD EMERY ARCHITECTS,
Defendant, and GREEN COUNTRY INTERIORS INC, Defendant, and ADVANTAGE GLASS INC, Defendant, and

This appeal consolidates two cases about United States Forest Service (the “Forest
Service”) actions in the Black Hills National Forest (“BHNF”), which straddles the
Wyoming and South Dakota border.
The Appellants,1 led by Biodiversity Conservation Alliance, are non-profit entities
(collectively, “Biodiversity”) interested in species and habitat protection in the BHNF.<

Lenox MacLaren Surgical Corporation manufactures bone mills, which are
medical devices used in spinal-fusion surgery. In 2000, Lenox began to sell some
of its bone mills through a Medtronic entity, Medtronic Sofamor Danek USA.
The arrangement ended badly: Medtronic Sofamor Danek USA initiated a recall
of Lenox’s bone mills, and another Medtronic entity began to manufacture and

In 1978, California voters enacted Proposition 13, which amended the California Constitution by adding article XIII A (article XIII A). The amendment "plac[ed] significant limits on the taxing power of local and state governments." (State Building & Construction Trades Council of California v. City of Vista (2012) 54 Cal.4th 547, 562, fn. 3.) As pertinent here, article XIII A, section 4 provides,

Appellant, R.D.C., a juvenile, appeals from the trial court’s Order of Transfer to the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.1 By a sole issue, he alleges the trial court abused its discretion in ordering him transferred to the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. We affirm.
1 Originally appealed to the Third Court of Appeals, this

Appellant Wendy Jeanelle Hennig appeals from a judgment entered in favor of appellee Michael “Miro” Didyk, individually and as independent administrator of the estate of Matthew Michael Didyk, deceased, appellant’s former husband, following a nonjury trial. In three issues, appellant argues the trial court erred by (1) failing to give effect to the decedent’s designation of appellant as th

This interlocutory appeal arises out of a lawsuit Jane T. Nicholson filed in probate court against her brother Ted Stauffer a nonresident. Nicholson sued Stauffer individually and as “Successor Trustee of the Anne Bodulus Stauffer Revocable Trust.” Stauffer filed a special appearance to the action asserting the court lacked personal jurisdiction over him. After a hearing, the court denied the

This case involves the construction of a will executed in 1947 by Ethel Nichols Hysaw. Ethel devised to each of her three children (i.e., Inez, Howard, and Dorothy) specific parcels of land in fee simple, subject to a royalty interest for all the lands to be shared by each child. After a dispute arose over the amount of royalty each was entitled to receive, some of Ethel’s descendants petitioned

Cynthia Schlapper appeals pro se from the trial court’s order dismissing her claims
against Rand K. Forest and Crosswater Yacht Club, L.P., ordering her to refrain from filing further
pleadings asserting such claims, and awarding Crosswater attorney’s fees. For the reasons that
follow, we affirm.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
This appeal arises from a long-running prope