Opinion

Stephenson v. Oneok Resources Co.

  • 75 O.B.A.J. 3042
  • 99 P.3d 717
  • 160 Oil & Gas Rep. 687
  • 2004 OK CIV APP 81
  • 2004 Okla. Civ. App. LEXIS 63
Court
Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma
Filed
May 21, 2004
Status
Published
Author
Joplin
On the bench
Carol M. Hansen
Cited by
4 cases
Authority
More cited than 11.1%

granting attorney fees under § 936 to party who successfully defended suit to recover payment for services, but denying attorney fees on “action for declaratory relief [that was] related to a contract for services but was not an action to recover for services”

How later courts described this case

  • granting attorney fees under § 936 to party who successfully defended suit to recover payment for services, but denying attorney fees on “action for declaratory relief [that was] related to a contract for services but was not an action to recover for services”

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

JOPLIN, J.,

dissenting:

I would reverse for failure of the trial court to follow Christian v. Gray, 2003 OK 10 , 65 P.3d 591 . However, I believe the trial court was correct in denying attorney's fees to Owners.

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