Supreme Court of Oklahoma, 1989

State ex rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass'n v. Maxwell

Supreme Court of Oklahoma · Decided July 18, 1989 · Decisis, Doolin, Hargrave, Hodges, Kauger, Lavender, Opala, Simms, Summers

777 P.2d 944; 1989 OK 111; 1989 Okla. LEXIS 139; 1989 WL 82365 (Pacific Reporter, Second Series)

Opinion of the Court

ORDER

After careful review of the matters submitted in the above-entitled cause the Court finds that respondent’s motion that the *945date of his Resignation Pending Disciplinary Proceedings be made retroactive to the date of a prior suspension should be, and is, hereby denied.

The effective date of a resignation is upon filing the resignation with the Executive Director. State ex rel. OBA v. Perkins, 757 P.2d 825, 827 (Okl. 1988), Rule 8.1, Ch. 1, App. 1-A. The effective date of respondent’s resignation herein is November 29, 1988.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

HARGRAVE, C.J., OPALA, V.C.J., and HODGES, LAVENDER and SIMMS, JJ., concur. KAUGER, J., dissents by stare decisis. SUMMERS, J., dissents. DOOLIN, J., disqualified.

KAUGER, Justice, dissenting by reason of stare decisis.

See State ex rel. Okla. Bar Ass’n v. Smith, 58 OBJ 283 (February 7, 1987).

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