Legal Opinion
Moses v. Hoebel
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided February 22, 1982No. 55395PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPALA, Justice:
The issue presented is whether the plaintiff — who had voluntarily dismissed a case — may be enjoined from prosecuting the subsequently refiled action until he has satisfied court-imposed liability to pay legal expenses occasioned by his vexatious termination of the earlier case. We hold that an order which so enjoins the plaintiff offends Art. 2 § 6, OkLConst. and the XIVth Amend., U.S.Const. in that it constitutes an impermissible “sale of justice” and a bar to “open court” access for redress.
Donald Moses [Moses] sought damages from a motorist for personal injuries in a 1976…
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