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 2007 / Active

John Fischer

Judge, Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals

John Fischer is a Judge of the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals, serving since 2007. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2007 · 19 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2007	Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Fischer authored 137 published opinions for the court (2006–2018), plus 3 dissents and 4 concurrences. Most cited: Dobson Telephone Co. v. State ex rel. Oklahoma Corp. Commission (46 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. 81 of these were attributed to Fischer 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
2016	Dobson Telephone Co. v. State ex rel. Oklahoma Corp. Commission†	392 P.3d 295	46
2012	Brewer v. Murray†	292 P.3d 41	32
2013	Silver Creek Investments, Inc. v. Whitten Construction Management, Inc.†	307 P.3d 360	20
2011	Grogan v. KOKH, LLC	2011 OK CIV APP 34	20
2009	Raven Resources, L.L.C. v. Legacy Bank	2009 OK CIV APP 101	18
2010	Beers v. Hillory	2010 OK CIV APP 99	16
2012	Hawk Enterprises, Inc. v. Cash America International, Inc.†	282 P.3d 786	14
2017	THIBAULT v. GARCIA†	398 P.3d 331	13
2012	Mullendore v. Mullendore†	288 P.3d 948	13
2015	State Ex Rel. Department of Transportation v. Caliber Development Co.†	2016 OK CIV APP 1	12
2007	Beard v. Love	2007 OK CIV APP 118	12
2007	McCall v. Chesapeake Energy Corp.	2007 OK CIV APP 59	12
2013	MOORE v. BLACKWELL· Concurrence†	325 P.3d 4	11
2012	Smoot v. B & J Restoration Services, Inc.†	279 P.3d 805	11
2011	Lane v. State· Concurrence†	265 P.3d 764	11

Showing the 15 most-cited of 144 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 is John Fischer on?: John Fischer is a Judge of the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals.

Sources

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19 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).