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 / Active

Joseph A. Young

Judge, Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals

Joseph A. Young is a Judge of the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals, serving since 1982. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 1982 · 44 yrs

Judicial service

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

Judicial Record

In our data, Young authored 7 published opinions for the court (1983–1985). Most cited: Smith v. St. Francis Hosp., Inc. (35 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. 2 of these were attributed to Young 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
1984	Smith v. St. Francis Hosp., Inc.	676 P.2d 279	35
1985	Bill Hodges Truck Co. v. Humphrey	704 P.2d 94	26
1983	Reaves v. Uniroyal Tire Co.	671 P.2d 679	5
1983	Adair v. Adair	670 P.2d 1002	3
1983	Cyclone Drilling & Workover, Inc. v. Woods	671 P.2d 688	2
1984	State Insurance Fund v. Orior, Inc.†	689 P.2d 316	1
1983	American General Life Insurance Co. of Oklahoma v. Bean†	671 P.2d 83	0

Showing the 7 most-cited of 7 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 Joseph A. Young on?: Joseph A. Young is a Judge of the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals.

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44 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).