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 1994 / Active

John L. Goodman

Judge, Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals

John L. Goodman is a Judge of the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals, serving since 1994. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 1994 · 32 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1994	Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Goodman authored 163 published opinions for the court (1994–2019), plus 7 dissents and 5 concurrences. Most cited: In Re Adoption of Baby Girl B. (27 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. 99 of these were attributed to Goodman 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
2003	In Re Adoption of Baby Girl B.· Dissent†	2003 OK CIV APP 24	27
2000	Spielmann v. Hayes Ex Rel. Hayes	2000 OK CIV APP 44	26
1995	Warner v. Hillcrest Medical Center	914 P.2d 1060	19
1995	Baker v. Baker	904 P.2d 616	19
1995	Overall v. State Ex Rel. Department of Public Safety	910 P.2d 1087	17
2005	Lively v. Ijam, Inc.	2005 OK CIV APP 29	15
1996	Finger v. Finger	923 P.2d 1195	15
2017	Strack v. Continental Resources, Inc.†	405 P.3d 131	14
2000	Hawzipta v. Independent School District No. 1-004 of Noble County	2000 OK CIV APP 113	14
2015	City of Tulsa v. Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge 93· Concurrence†	2016 OK CIV APP 4	13
2008	Expungement of the Record of Holder v. State	2009 OK CIV APP 1	13
2010	Orcutt v. LLOYD RICHARDS PERSONNEL SERVICE	2010 OK CIV APP 77	12
2013	Coen v. Semgroup Energy Partners G.P., LLC†	310 P.3d 657	11
2006	Pharmcare Oklahoma, Inc. v. State Health Care Authority†	152 P.3d 267	11
1999	Perkins v. State ex rel. Department of Human Services†	976 P.2d 1098	11

Showing the 15 most-cited of 175 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 L. Goodman on?: John L. Goodman is a Judge of the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals.

Sources

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32 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).