# Cox v. State ex rel. Oklahoma Department of Human Services

> Supreme Court of Oklahoma · March 9, 2004 · 87 P.3d 607

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/5151802

## Case

- **Full name:** Bruce R. COX v. STATE of Oklahoma, ex rel., OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, and Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Oklahoma
- **Decided:** March 9, 2004
- **Citations:** 87 P.3d 607; 2004 OK 17
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Opala
- **Judges:** Boudreau, Edmondson, Hargrave, Hodges, Kauger, Lavender, Opala, Watt, Winchester
- **Cited by:** 45 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- declining to impose requirements not explicitly included in statute or administrative rule

## Opinion text

OPALA, V.C.J.,
with whom LAVENDER, J., joins, dissenting in part.
1 I would affirm the trial court's judgment.

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