Beedle v. Darby

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Beedle v. Darby

2000 OK 1, 996 P.2d 934, 2000 Okla. LEXIS 48, 2000 WL 45838

CourtSupreme Court of Oklahoma

DecidedJanuary 10, 2000

DocketNo. 93,905

StatusPublished

Cited by1 cases

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Beedle v. Darby, 2000 OK 1, 996 P.2d 934, 2000 Okla. LEXIS 48, 2000 WL 45838 (Okla. 2000).

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ORDER

¶ 1 Original jurisdiction is assumed. Art. 7 § 4, Okla. Const.; Hill v. Graham, 1967 OK 10, ¶21, 424 P.2d 35, 38. After hearing in this Court with all parties present the Court holds that the real party in interest, Jackson County Memorial Hospital (or Jackson County Memorial Hospital Authority), is a political subdivision of the State, 51 O.S.Supp.1994 § 152(8)(d), and is therefore barred from bringing an action for libel. First Amendment, U.S. Const.; Art. 2 § 22, Okla. Const.

¶ 2 Let the writ issue directing the respondent/judge to dismiss with prejudice the underlying libel action in Cause No. CJ-99-56, on the docket of the District Court, Jackson County.

¶ 3 DONE BY THE ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT IN CONFERENCE THIS 10th DAY OF JANUARY, 2000.

[935]*935¶ 4 SUMMERS, C.J., HARGRAVE, V.C.J., LAVENDER, OPALA, KAUGER, WATT, and BOUDREAU, JJ., concur.

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