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Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals District 1, Office 2 — Jane P. Wiseman retention

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Election date

November 3, 2026 · General election

About this office

  • Deciding what state laws and the state constitution mean
  • Setting rulings that lower state courts must follow
  • Deciding major criminal and civil cases

Affects: Public Safety and Crime Control, Gun Control, Women's Reproductive Rights,

Jane P. Wiseman

Nonpartisan · Incumbent

Jane P. Wiseman is a judge on the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals, representing District 1, Office 2. She joined the court in 2005 and served as a Tulsa County district judge for more than 20 years before that.

Track record

Track record — General

General · 12 records
  • Wrote an opinion vacating a protective order after finding insufficient evidence of stalking or an intimate-partner relationship and no required police report.

    September 30, 2025

    Source: law.justia.com · researched September 22, 2026

  • Wrote an appellate opinion reopening a libel lawsuit against a television station because a jury needed to decide whether its report of an arrest was substantially accurate.

    December 7, 2023

    Source: law.justia.com · researched September 22, 2026

  • Wrote an appellate opinion reversing a final protective order and attorney-fee award after finding the trial court had abused its discretion in reinstating the order.

    May 9, 2022

    Source: law.justia.com · researched September 22, 2026

  • As chief judge, wrote an opinion upholding a co-owner’s half interest in real estate during a partition case despite the other owner’s unequal expenses.

    April 9, 2020

    Source: caselaw.findlaw.com · researched September 22, 2026

  • Wrote an opinion overturning a temporary injunction that had enforced a former employee’s non-solicitation agreement, finding the employer had not met the legal requirements.

    November 14, 2017

    Source: law.justia.com · researched September 22, 2026

  • Wrote an appellate opinion reversing a child-support order because the trial court had not adequately justified a deviation from the support guidelines.

    October 22, 2015

    Source: law.justia.com · researched September 22, 2026

  • Wrote an appellate opinion reinstating denial of unemployment benefits for a fired worker after finding his conduct met the statutory misconduct standard.

    May 6, 2014

    Source: law.justia.com · researched September 22, 2026

  • Wrote an appellate opinion affirming termination of a father’s parental rights after reviewing the state’s duties under the Indian Child Welfare Act.

    September 14, 2011

    Source: oscn.net · researched September 22, 2026

  • Dismissed an attractive-nuisance claim against a pond owner after a child was injured; the Oklahoma Supreme Court affirmed her summary judgment.

    February 27, 1990

    Source: law.justia.com · researched September 22, 2026

  • Allowed a videotaped deposition in an Inhofe family lawsuit, but denied a protective order; the Oklahoma Supreme Court upheld the videotaping and ordered protection against public dissemination.

    March 14, 1989

    Source: law.justia.com · researched September 22, 2026

  • As a Tulsa County special judge, ruled that county officials had assessed certain taxpayers’ property at an unconstitutional ratio; the Oklahoma Supreme Court affirmed the tax-refund judgment.

    March 25, 1980

    Source: oscn.net · researched September 22, 2026

  • Represented a petitioner in Wiseman v. Boren, winning an Oklahoma Supreme Court order barring use of state surplus funds to retire bonds without legislative appropriation.

    January 8, 1976

    Source: law.justia.com · researched September 22, 2026

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