How do judges of the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.

Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals / Joined 1982 / Served to 1984

Fred H. Demier

Judge, Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals

Fred H. Demier was a Judge of the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals, who joined the court in 1982. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1982–1984 · 2 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1982	Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Demier authored 10 published opinions for the court (1983–1985). Most cited: Goucher v. Parmac, Inc. (11 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 8 of these were attributed to Demier by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1985	Goucher v. Parmac, Inc.	694 P.2d 953	11
1984	In re the Guardianship of Sherle†	683 P.2d 78	9
1984	Lee v. D.P. Bonham Transfer†	695 P.2d 887	2
1984	Johnston v. Griffith	675 P.2d 1038	2
1983	Wilhelm v. Wilhelm†	678 P.2d 727	2
1983	Allen v. Allen†	672 P.2d 325	1
1984	Rice v. Mortensen†	719 P.2d 467	0
1984	North American Royalties, Inc. v. Corporation Commission†	683 P.2d 539	0
1983	Ruditys v. General Motors Assembly Division†	676 P.2d 1381	0
1983	Lamb v. Lamb†	674 P.2d 60	0

Showing the 10 most-cited of 10 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

How do judges of the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.
Which court was Fred H. Demier on?: Fred H. Demier was a Judge of the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals.

Sources

Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.

How we source & reconcile data → Data & Sources

See something wrong? Report an error. Fixes are logged in the corrections log.

2 years on the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).