Davis v. Oklahoma Employment Security Commission

REIF, J.,

with whom Kauger and Colbert, JJ., join, dissenting.

{1 The issue in this case is whether the claimant's petition for judicial review was *925sufficient to invoke the district court's jurisdiction. The majority holds the petition was not sufficient because it did not name the Board of Review as a defendant in the caption or style of the petition. The majority relies upon precedent that requires the appealing party to name all necessary parties in the petition for review. The majority also notes that (1) judicial review is a special proceeding, (2) the procedural requirements for judicial…