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Justice Hargrave to retire from Oklahoma Supreme Court
September 1, 2010
Oklahoma: Justice Rudolph Hargrave, of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, has announced his plan to retire on December 31, 2010. The 85-year-old judge has served on the Supreme Court since 1978 and is its most senior member.
Hargrave is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma. He first served as a county judge in Seminole County in 1964. In 1967, he became a Seminole County Superior Court judge and, in 1969, he joined the county District Court (District 22). He held this position until he was appointed to the Supreme Court by Gov. Boren in 1978.
A judicial nominating commission will review nominees to replace Hargrave. They will select three finalists to send to the governor for consideration.[1]
Footnotes
Federal courts:
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Oklahoma, Northern District of Oklahoma, Western District of Oklahoma • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Oklahoma, Northern District of Oklahoma, Western District of Oklahoma
State courts:
Oklahoma Supreme Court • Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals • Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals • Oklahoma District Courts • Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Court of Existing Claims
State resources:
Courts in Oklahoma • Oklahoma judicial elections • Judicial selection in Oklahoma
