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 2009 / Active

William C. Hetherington Jr.

Judge, Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals

William C. Hetherington Jr. is a Judge of the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals, serving since 2009. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2009 · 16 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2009	Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Hetherington authored 84 published opinions for the court (2009–2016), plus 3 dissents and 5 concurrences. Most cited: Kentucky Bluegrass Contracting, LLC v. Cincinnati Insurance Co. (21 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. 63 of these were attributed to Hetherington 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
2015	Kentucky Bluegrass Contracting, LLC v. Cincinnati Insurance Co.†	363 P.3d 1270	21
2010	Robinson v. Sunshine Homes, Inc.· Concurrence†	291 P.3d 628	21
2012	Jeremiah v. State†	286 P.3d 659	18
2012	Thornton v. Ford Motor Co.†	297 P.3d 413	12
2010	Fleetwood v. Chevron U.S.A. Production Co.†	239 P.3d 960	10
2015	Choate v. Lawyers Title Insurance Corp.†	385 P.3d 670	9
2013	Taylor v. State· Concurrence†	308 P.3d 183	9
2011	Howard Family Charitable Foundation, Inc. v. Trimble	2011 OK CIV APP 85	9
2016	SHAW v. CITY OF OKLAHOMA CITY†	2016 OK CIV APP 55	8
2010	Beavers v. Byers	2010 OK CIV APP 79	8
2010	Young v. Chappell	2010 OK CIV APP 76	8
2012	Barnett v. Simmons	2012 OK CIV APP 44	7
2014	City of Owasso v. Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 149· Dissent†	336 P.3d 1023	6
2014	GLOVER CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. v. STATE ex rel. DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION†	326 P.3d 547	6
2013	Leandro v. American Staffcorp, Inc.†	362 P.3d 658	6

Showing the 15 most-cited of 92 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 William C. Hetherington Jr. on?: William C. Hetherington Jr. is a Judge of the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals.

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16 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).