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Okla. Stat. tit. 50, § 2 (2026)

Public nuisance

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A public nuisance is one which affects at the same time an entire community or neighborhood, or any considerable number of persons, although the extent of the annoyance or damage inflicted upon the individuals may be unequal. R.L.1910, § 4251.

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Cited in 20 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1974–2024 · leading case: N.C. Corff P'ship, Ltd. v. OXY USA, Inc., 929 P.2d 288 (Okla. Civ. App. 1996).
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N.C. Corff P'ship, Ltd. v. OXY USA, Inc., 929 P.2d 288 (Okla. Civ. App. 1996). · cites it 2× “” OXY contends instead that the appropriate definition of “public nuisance” is found in 50 O.S.1991 § 2, defining a “public nuisance” as “one which affects at the same time an entire community or neighborhood.”
Bristow First Assembly of God v. BP p.l.c., 210 F. Supp. 3d 1284 (N.D. Okla. 2016). “” Okla. Stat. tit. 50, § 2 . A private nuisance is every nuisance not included in the definition of public nuisance.”
State Ex Rel. Attorney Gen. of Oklahoma v. Johnson & Johnson, 2021 OK 54 (Okla. 2021). “50 O.S.2011, § 2. ¶18 For the past 100 years, our Court, applying Oklahoma's nuisance statutes, has limited Oklahoma public nuisance liability to defendants (1) committing crimes constituting a nuisance, or (2) causing physical injury to property or participating in an offensive…”
Randle v. City of Tulsa, 2024 OK 40 (Okla. 2024). · cites it 2× “" 50 O.S. § 2. ¶15 In Johnson & Johnson we explained in applying Oklahoma's public nuisance statute that over the past one-hundred years we have limited public nuisance liability to defendants "(1) committing crimes constituting a nuisance, or (2) causing physical injury to…”
Nichols Ex Rel. Kauk v. Mid-Continent Pipe Line Co., 933 P.2d 272 (Okla. 1996). “” The pertinent terms of 50 O.S.1991 § 2 are: “A public nuisance is one which affects at the same time an entire community or neighborhood, or any considerable number of persons, although the extent of the annoyance or damage inflicted upon the individuals may be unequal.”
Moore v. Texaco, Inc., 244 F.3d 1229 (10th Cir. 2001). “” Okla. Stat. tit. 50, § 2 . A private nuisance is every nuisance not included in the definition of a public nuisance.”
Blocker v. Conocophillips Co., 380 F. Supp. 3d 1178 (W.D. Okla. 2019). · cites it 2× “" Okla. Stat. tit. 50, § 2 . "A private person may maintain an action for a public nuisance if it is specially injurious to himself but not otherwise.”
Union Texas Petroleum Corp. v. Jackson, 909 P.2d 131 (Okla. Civ. App. 1995). “50 O.S.1991, § 2; Miller v. State, 74 Okla.”
City of Tulsa v. Tyson Foods, Inc., 258 F. Supp. 2d 1263 (N.D. Okla. 2003). “1995); Okla. Stat. tit. 50, § 2 . See also Okla.”
Meinders v. Johnson, 2006 OK CIV APP 35 (Okla. Civ. App. 2005). “¶29 First, the Legislature has statutorily defined “public nuisance” and “private nuisance,” and prescribes available remedies for both a “public nuisance” and “private nuisance” as including “abatement.”
The Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma v. Blue Tee Corp., 653 F. Supp. 2d 1166 (N.D. Okla. 2009). “” Okla. Stat. tit. 50, § 2 . The remedies for a public nuisance include a civil lawsuit and abatement.”
Swanson v. City of Tulsa, 633 P.2d 1256 (Okla. Crim. App. 1981). “State statutes provide, that, among other things, a nuisance is an act unlawfully done which injures or endangers the health of others.”
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