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BOONE TO MEMBERSHIP IN THE OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION SCBD-6534........................... 568 2018 OK 29 RE: Suspension of Credentials of Registered Courtroom Interpreters SCAD- 2018-21 .................................................................................................................................................. 568 2018 OK 30 IN RE: AMENDMENT TO THE OKLAHOMA SUPREME COURT RULE, 1.4 S.C.A.D. No. 2018-24 .......................................................................................................................... 569 2018 OK 31 IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF OKLAHOMA GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY FOR COMMISSION APPROVAL OF THE COMPANY’S PLAN TO INSTALL DRY SCRUBBERS AT THE SOONER GENERATING FACILITY: SIERRA CLUB INC. and OKLAHOMA ENERGY RESULTS LLC., Appellants, v. THE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA and OKLAHO- MA GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY, Appellees. No. 115,029; w/115,030................................... 571 2018 OK 32 TARACORP, LTD., TARA BARLEAN, and KELLY BARLEAN, Plaintiffs/ Appellants, v. JEFF DAILEY and A.J.’s Bargain World, d/b/a BARGAIN WORLD, Defendants/Appellees. No. 115,383 ................................................................................................. 578 2018 OK 33 JOHN HOPSON, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. EXTERRAN ENERGY SOLUTIONS, LP, A Foreign Limited Partnership, Defendant/Appellee. No. 113,563 ..................................... 583 2018 OK 34 INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 54 of LINCOLN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA a/k/a STROUD PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. INDE- PENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 67 of PAYNE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA a/k/a CUSHING PUBLIC SCHOOLS; INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 4 of LIN- COLN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, a/k/a WELLSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Defen- dants/Appellees, and KATHY SHERMAN, in her capacity as LINCOLN COUNTY TREASURER, Defendant. No. 115,550 ............................................................................................. 584 Index to Opinions of Court of Criminal Appeals 2018 OK CR 9 AUSTIN LEE KIRKWOOD, SR., Appellant, v. STATE OF OKLAHOMA, Appellee. No. F-2016-481 ................................................................................................................... 594 Index to Opinions of Court of Civil Appeals 2018 OK CIV APP 26 ASSET ACCEPTANCE LLC, Plaintiff/Appellee, vs. HUNG T. PHAM and HOA V. TO, Defendants/Appellants. Case No. 113,823 ......................................... 599 JOAN ELLEN MOREHEAD, individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Henry Andrew Morehead, deceased, and on behalf of all others similarly situated; BETTY RUTH LOVE, individually and as successor in interest to the Estate of Claud H. Love, deceased; and RUTH MAYNARD as Guardian of George O. Taylor, Plain- tiffs/Appellees, vs. STATE OF OKLAHOMA, ex rel. OKLAHOMA HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY, Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff/Appellant, and R. KENNETH KING, ESQ., an individual; SOUTHWEST PROPERTY INVESTMENTS, LLC, an Oklahoma Limited Liability Company; BLUE HORIZON PROPERTIES, LLC, an Oklahoma Limited Liability Company; SOUTHWEST PROPERTY HOLDINGS #1, LLC, an 566 The Oklahoma Bar Journal Vol. 89 — No. 12 — 4/28/2018 Oklahoma Limited Liability Company; SOUTHWEST PROPERTY HOLDINGS #2, LLC, an Oklahoma Limited Liability Company; SOUTHWEST PROPERTY HOLD- INGS #3, LLC, an Oklahoma Limited Liability Company; SOUTHWEST PROPERTY HOLDINGS #4, LLC, an Oklahoma Limited Liability Company; SOUTHWEST PROPERTY HOLDINGS #5, LLC, an Oklahoma Limited Liability Company; SOUTH- WEST PROPERTY HOLDINGS #6, LLC, an Oklahoma Limited Liability Company; SOUTHWEST PROPERTY HOLDINGS #7, LLC, an Oklahoma Limited Liability Company; XYZ CORP. 1; XYZ CORP. 2; XYZ CORP. 3; XYZ CORP. 4; XYZ CORP. 5; XYZ CORP. 6; JOHN DOE 1; JOHN DOE 2; JANE DOE 1; JANE DOE 2, Defendants, STATE OF OKLAHOMA, ex rel. OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SER- VICES, Third-Party Defendant. Case No. 115,711 .........................................................................