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

Robert L. Bailey

Judge, Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals

Robert L. Bailey 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, Bailey authored 151 published opinions for the court (1972–1994), plus 3 concurrences. Most cited: City National Bank & Trust Co. v. Jackson National Life Insurance (32 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. 82 of these were attributed to Bailey 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
1990	City National Bank & Trust Co. v. Jackson National Life Insurance	804 P.2d 463	32
1987	Seely v. Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission	743 P.2d 685	25
1993	State Ex Rel. Board of Trustees v. Garrett	848 P.2d 1182	20
1990	Robinson v. Kirbie	793 P.2d 315	19
1987	Madill Bank and Trust Co. v. Herrmann	738 P.2d 567	18
1990	Abdoo v. State Ex Rel. Department of Public Safety	788 P.2d 1389	17
1989	Wise v. Johnson Controls, Inc.· Concurrence†	784 P.2d 86	16
1990	Goss v. Oklahoma Blood Institute	856 P.2d 998	14
1973	Davis v. National Pioneer Insurance Company	515 P.2d 580	14
1990	Pursell v. Pizza Inn, Inc.	786 P.2d 716	12
1987	Hennessee v. Mathis	737 P.2d 958	12
1994	American National Bank & Trust Co. of Sapulpa v. BIC Corp.†	880 P.2d 420	11
1994	Hinds v. Warren Transport, Inc.†	882 P.2d 1099	11
1993	Joffe v. Vaughn	873 P.2d 299	11
1989	Independent School District No. 1 v. Logan	789 P.2d 636	11

Showing the 15 most-cited of 154 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 Robert L. Bailey on?: Robert L. Bailey 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).