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 1970 / Served to 1994

Paul W. Brightmire

Judge, Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals

Paul W. Brightmire was a Judge of the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals, who joined the court in 1970. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1970–1994 · 24 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1970	Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Brightmire authored 341 published opinions for the court (1972–1994), plus 11 dissents and 18 concurrences. Most cited: Sutton v. Jondahl (124 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. 234 of these were attributed to Brightmire 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
1975	Sutton v. Jondahl	532 P.2d 478	124
1978	Looper v. McManus	581 P.2d 487	44
1974	Preston-Thomas Construction, Inc. v. Central Leasing Corp.	518 P.2d 1125	28
1991	Wynn v. Estate of Holmes	815 P.2d 1231	26
1990	Williams v. State ex rel. Department of Public Safety†	791 P.2d 120	21
1976	Beavers v. Lamplighters Realty, Inc.	556 P.2d 1328	21
1975	In Re the Estate of Rolater	542 P.2d 219	21
1994	Martin v. Buckman	883 P.2d 185	20
1990	State v. Creviston†	805 P.2d 120	20
1990	Coble v. Bowers· Concurrence†	809 P.2d 69	19
1976	Meekins v. Department of Institutions, Social & Rehabilitative Services· Concurrence†	554 P.2d 872	19
1976	Warner v. Kiowa County Hospital Authority	551 P.2d 1179	17
1981	Oil Capital Racing Ass'n v. Tulsa Speedway, Inc.	628 P.2d 1176	16
1987	Mehojah v. Moore· Concurrence†	744 P.2d 222	15
1981	Bingham v. Bingham· Concurrence†	629 P.2d 1297	15

Showing the 15 most-cited of 370 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 Paul W. Brightmire on?: Paul W. Brightmire was a Judge of the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals.

Sources

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24 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).