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 Michael Minnis
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Michael Minnis graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism in 1966 and subsequently received his Juris Doctor from the University of Oklahoma School of Law in 1969. For more than twenty-five years, his practice has concentrated in the areas of Media and First Amendment Law and Indian Law. Mr. Minnis is active in numerous community organizations and professional associations. He also served on active duty in the United States Marine Corps as Trial/Defense Counsel for the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel from the United States Air Force Reserve. He was appointed as Judge of the Court of Appeals Temporary Division No. 174 in 1982, and served as Chief Judge of the Town of Valleybrook 1982-1983.
Mr. Minnis specializes in the areas of
Media and First Amendment Law and
Indian Law
.
- 2004
- Media and First Amendment Law
- Indian Law
- Litigation
- 75% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
- Oklahoma, 1969
- California, 1972
- District of Columbia, 1980
- U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 2003
- U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1976
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1981
- U.S. District Court Western District of Oklahoma, 1974
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Oklahoma, 1976
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Oklahoma, 2005
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1976
- Court of Indian Offenses, 1985
- Potawatomi Indian Tribal Court, 1986
- University of Oklahoma College of Law, Norman, OK ,
1969
Juris Doctor
Honors: American Jurisprudence, Insurance Award
- University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma,
1966
Bachelor of Arts
Major: Journalism
- Civil Discovery in Oklahoma Revisited under Discovery Code, 18 Tulsa Law Journal, 1982
- House Bill 1912; New Oklahoma Discovery Code - Legal History, 53 Oklahoma Bar Journal 1291, 1982
- Oklahoma, Current Developments Media Libel and Invasion of Privacy, MDRC 50 - State Survey, 1982
- Judicially-Suggested Harassment of Indian Tribes: The Potawatomis Revisit Moe & Colville, American Indian Law Review 16, 1991
- Continental Cas. Co. v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co., 860 F.2d 970
(C.A.10 (Okla.) 1988)
- Oklahoma Pub. Co. v. Miskovsky, 654 P.2d 596
(Okla. 1982)
- Miskovsky v. Oklahoma Pub. Co., 103 S.Ct. 235
(U.S.Okla. 1982)
- Oklahoma Pub. Co. v. District Court In and For Oklahoma County, 97 S.Ct. 1045
(U.S.Okla. 1977)
- Oklahoma Tax Com'n v. Citizen Band Potawatomi Indian Tribe of Oklahoma, 111 S.Ct. 905
(U.S.Okla. 1991)
- Citizen Band Potawatomi Indian Tribe of Oklahoma v. Oklahoma Tax Com'n, 888 F.2d 1303
(C.A.10 (Okla.) 1989)
- U.S. ex rel. Citizen Band Potawatomi Indian Tribe of Oklahoma v. Enterprise Management Consultants, Inc., 883 F.2d 886
(C.A.10 (Okla.) 1989)
- Enterprise Management Consultants, Inc. v. U.S. ex rel. Hodel, 883 F.2d 890
(C.A.10 (Okla.) 1989)
- U.S. ex rel. Citizen Band Potawatomi Indian Tribe of Oklahoma v. Enterprise Management Consultants, Inc., 734 F.Supp. 455
(W.D.Okla. 1990)
- Citizen Band Potawatomi Indian Tribe of Oklahoma v. Oklahoma Tax Com'n, 1988 WL 122606
(W.D.Okla. 1988)
- Oklahoma Pub. Co. v. District Court of Oklahoma County, 555 P.2d 1286
(Okla. 1976)
- McCormack v. Oklahoma Pub. Co., 613 P.2d 737
(Okla. 1980)
- Council on Judicial Complaints v. Maley, 607 P.2d 1180
(Okla. 1980)
- Oklahoma Pub. Co. v. Martin, 618 P.2d 944
(Okla. 1980)
- Taylor v. Miskovsky, 640 P.2d 959
(Okla. 1981)
- Oklahoma Pub. Co. v. U. S., 515 F.Supp. 1255
(W.D.Okla. 1981)
- Oklahoma Pub. Co. v. Standard Metals Corp., 541 F.Supp. 1109
(W.D.Okla. 1982)
- Miskovsky v. Oklahoma Pub. Co., 654 P.2d 587
(Okla. 1982)
- Points v. Oklahoma Pub. Co., 672 P.2d 1146
(Okla. 1983)
- Oklahoma Hosp. Ass'n v. Oklahoma Pub. Co., 748 F.2d 1421
(C.A.10 (Okla.) 1984)
- Oklahoma Pub. Co. v. City of Moore, 682 P.2d 754
(Okla. 1984)
- Association of Independent Television Stations, Inc. v. College Football Ass'n, 637 F.Supp. 1289
(W.D.Okla. 1986)
- McCain v. KTVY, Inc., 738 P.2d 960
(Okla.App. Div. 3 1987)
- In re Initiative Petition No. 347 State Question No. 639, 813 P.2d 1019
(Okla. 1991)
- City of Lawton v. Moore, 868 P.2d 690
(Okla. 1993)
- Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Littleton Leasing & Inv. Co., Inc., 582 F.2d 1237
(C.A.10 (Okla.) 1978)
- S.E.C. v. Switzer, 590 F.Supp. 756
(W.D.Okla. 1984)
- S.E.C. v. Platt, 565 F.Supp. 1244
(W.D.Okla. 1983)
- Young v. Oklahoma City, 524 P.2d 22
(Okla. 1974)
- Smith v. Oklahoma City, 513 P.2d 1327
(Okla.Crim.App. 1973)
- Moderator, Seminar on Expert and Opinion Testimony, Federal Bar Association, Oklahoma City Chapter, June 6, 1979
- Speaker, Society of Professional Journalists (Sigma Delta Chi), Oklahoma City Chapter, September 13, 1979
- Appearance, Radio Talk Show (Bob Durgin, Host), KTOK, November 26, 1979
- Moderator and Organizer, First Amendment Panel Discussion, Oklahoma Bar Association Annual Convention, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, November 30, 1979
- Speaker, Law of Libel, Oklahoma Broadcasters Association Winter Meeting, General Session, March 1, 1980
- Moderator and Speaker, First Amendment Panel Discussion, Oklahoma Bar Association, Bar/Media Relations Committee, Annual Bar Association Convention, Tulsa, Oklahoma, December 5, 1980
- Speaker, Law of Libel, School of Journalism, University of Oklahoma, February 25, 1981
- Speaker, Updating Media Coverage of Juveniles, Oklahoma Press Association News Clinic, April 12, 1981
- Speaker, Law of Libel, Associated Press Oklahoma News Executives Annual Meeting, Western Hills Lodge, June 6, 1981
- Speaker, Legislation Recently Passed by State House and Senate, Capital Hill Business and Professional Women's Club, October 20, 1981
- Speaker, What Do You Have to Fear from Invasion of Privacy?, Oklahoma Press Association News Clinic, April 4, 1982
- Speaker, Law of Libel, Oklahoma United Press International State Convention, May 1, 1982
- Oral Presentation, The First Amendment and Related Protections of Free Speech and Press, Oklahoma Publishing Company, May 11, 1983
- Speaker, Panel Discussion of Questions Regarding Libel, Slander and Privacy, Region IV Radio-Television News Directors Association Conference, August 27, 1983
- Panel Speaker, Law of Libel, Sigma Delta Chi, Oklahoma City Chapter, August 31, 1983
- Speaker, Ceremony Honoring Federal Judicial Service of Stephen S. Chandler, Luther Bohanon and Fred Daugherty before the Honorable Luther B. Eubanks, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, October 6, 1983
- Speaker, Jim Richstad's Public Affairs Reporting Class on Open Records and the Moore, Oklahoma, Police Records Case, October 13, 1983
- Speaker, Bad Words Lead to Dangerous Sentences, Oklahoma Press Association News Clinic, April 8, 1984
- Presented Oral Discussion, Access to Places and Records in Oklahoma, The Daily Oklahoman and Oklahoma City Times, June 13, 1984
- Lecture, Department of Journalism Class, Libel and Right of Privacy, Central State University, December 10, 1986
- Speaker, Oklahoma City University Chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, October 22, 1987
- Lecture, Broadcast Libel and FCC Rules and Regulations, Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters Winter Meeting, February 12, 1988
- Panel Discussion, Whose First? The First Amendment and the Media, Oklahoma Associated Press Broadcasters Annual Convention, March 26, 1988
- Lecture, Freedom of Information Association, Central State University Society of Professional Journalists, April 11, 1989
- Speaker, Freedom of Information Association, Sigma Delta Chi, May 13, 1989
- Lecture, Libel and Slander, Central State University, Department of Political Science, May 17, 1989
- Speaker, Issues of Open Records, the Privacy Act and the Accessibility of Government Information by the Public, International Credit Association of Oklahoma City, October 10, 1989
- Speaker, The Potawatomi Cigarette Tax Case: The Background and What the Future May Hold in Store, Oklahoma Indian Bar Association, October 26, 1990
- Participant, Panel Discussion, Taxation, Sovereignty Symposium IV - The Circles of Sovereignty, June 12, 1991
- First Amendment Award, Society of Professional Journalists, 1996
- Recipient, Commendation, Federal Bar Association, Oklahoma City Chapter
- Volunteer of the Year, St. John's Parish, 2001
- Presidential Citation for Outstanding Service, Rotary Club 29, 2000
- Federal Bar Association,
1976
- Present
- Member, Past President, Oklahoma City
- Rotary International,
1985
-
2003
- Member, Club 29
- Oklahoma Bar Association,
1969
- Present
- Member
- Oklahoma County Bar Association
- Member
- United States Marine Corps, Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, Trial/Defense Counsel
- United States Air Force Reserve, Lieutenant Colonel
- Court of Appeals Temporary Division No. 174, Judge
- Town of Valleybrook, Chief Judge,
1982
-
1983
- Delta Tau Delta
- Sigma Delta Chi
- February 22, 1944, Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
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