Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals District 1, Office 2 — Jane P. Wiseman retention
Oklahoma
My vote power
Retention race
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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