Opinion

Beattie v. State ex rel. Grand River Dam Authority

  • 73 O.B.A.J. 137
  • 41 P.3d 377
  • 2002 OK 3
  • 2002 Okla. LEXIS 3
  • 2002 WL 49964
Court
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Filed
Jan 15, 2002
Status
Published
Author
Kauger
On the bench
Watt, Hodges, Opala, Summers, Boudreau, -Concur, Hargrave, -Dissents, Kauger, Lavender, Winchester
Cited by
15 cases

“Oklahoma has long held that rights under a contract are presumed to be assignable, unless the parties expressly provide otherwise.... Oklahoma case law has also recognized that certain rights and duties are too personal in character to permit them to be assigned.”

How later courts described this case

  • “Oklahoma has long held that rights under a contract are presumed to be assignable, unless the parties expressly provide otherwise.... Oklahoma case law has also recognized that certain rights and duties are too personal in character to permit them to be assigned.”

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

KAUGER, J.,

with whom LAVENDER and WINCHESTER, JJ., join, dissenting:

T1 I would withdraw the original opinion and deny certiorari as improvidently granted.

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