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Published: July 22, 2006
Court dismisses discrimination suit
The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday dismissed Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice Marian Opala 's age discrimination lawsuit against his peers.
Opala, 85, claimed a rule change kept him from becoming chief justice in 2005.
The change allowed Chief Justice Joseph Watt to serve a second two-year term as the state's top judge, rather than being succeeded by Opala.
A federal judge from Wyoming hear...
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