# Gaylord Entertainment Co. v. Thompson

> Supreme Court of Oklahoma · April 14, 1998 · 69 O.B.A.J. 1404

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9627377

## Case

- **Full name:** GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY, D/B/A the Oklahoma Publishing Co., the Oklahoma Publishing Company, Petitioners, v. the Honorable Donald D. THOMPSON, Judge of the District Court of Creek County, Twenty-Fourth Judicial District, Respondent, and Jessie Huff Durham, an Individual, and Beau Williams, an Individual, Real Parties in Interest; WORLD PUBLISHING CO., an Oklahoma Corporation, Petitioner, v. the Honorable Donald D. THOMPSON, Judge of the District Court of Creek County, Twenty-Fourth Judicial District, Respondent, and Jessie Huff Durham, an Individual, and Beau Williams, an Individual, Real Parties in Interest
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Oklahoma
- **Decided:** April 14, 1998
- **Citations:** 69 O.B.A.J. 1404; 958 P.2d 128; 1998 OK 30; 1998 Okla. LEXIS 36; 1998 WL 170063
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Watt
- **Judges:** Ala, Summers, Hodges, Lavender, Opala, Strubhar, Kauger, Wilson, Simms, Hargrave, Watt
- **Cited by:** 102 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

WATT, Justice,
with whom HARGRAVE, Justice, joins, dissenting:
Consistent with my dissenting vote in the companion case, Brock v. Thompson, 1997 OK 127 , 948 P.2d 279 , I dissent to this Court’s assumption of original jurisdiction and pronouncement today based upon the record before us.
I would have declined to assume original jurisdiction; allowed a complete record to be developed below, and if a subsequent appeal taken, then resolve the issues tendered at this time.

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