Million v. Million is cited as 2012 OK 106, with paragraph 3. What does the abbreviation 'OK' denote in this citation?

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Million v. Million is cited as 2012 OK 106, with paragraph 3. What does the abbreviation 'OK' denote in this citation?

In this kind of citation, the two-letter abbreviation marks the state whose court issued the decision. Here, OK is the standard shorthand used for Oklahoma. That tells you the case Million v. Million came from the Oklahoma judiciary (the Oklahoma Supreme Court, published in its official reports) and is the 106th Oklahoma decision in 2012. So Oklahoma is the correct interpretation. Oregon would use an Oregon-specific abbreviation, Ohio would use Ohio/OH, and Ontario (a Canadian province) would use Ont. or ON, which don’t apply to a U.S. state court citation like this.

In this kind of citation, the two-letter abbreviation marks the state whose court issued the decision. Here, OK is the standard shorthand used for Oklahoma. That tells you the case Million v. Million came from the Oklahoma judiciary (the Oklahoma Supreme Court, published in its official reports) and is the 106th Oklahoma decision in 2012. So Oklahoma is the correct interpretation. Oregon would use an Oregon-specific abbreviation, Ohio would use Ohio/OH, and Ontario (a Canadian province) would use Ont. or ON, which don’t apply to a U.S. state court citation like this.

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