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Okla. Stat. tit. 50, § 7 (2026)

Time does not legalize

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No lapse of time can legalize a public nuisance, amounting to an actual obstruction of public right. R.L.1910, § 4256.

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Cited in 9 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1973–2023 · leading case: Tosco Corp. v. Koch Indus., Inc., 216 F.3d 886 (10th Cir. 2000).
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Tosco Corp. v. Koch Indus., Inc., 216 F.3d 886 (10th Cir. 2000). · cites it 2× “4 1996), Okla. Stat. tit. 50, § 7 provides: “No lapse of time can legalize a public nuisance amounting to an actual obstruction of public right.”
Town of Superior v. Asarco, Inc., 874 F. Supp. 2d 937 (D. Mont. 2004). · cites it 2× “4 1996), Okla. Stat. tit. 50, § 7 provides; “No lapse of time can legalize a public nuisance amounting to an actual obstruction of a public right.”
State Ex Rel. Burk v. Oklahoma City, 522 P.2d 612 (Okla. 1973). “The trial court found that fraud had been perpetrated upon the court which vacated the street, but he refused to declare the vacation void.”
Blocker v. Conocophillips Co., 380 F. Supp. 3d 1178 (W.D. Okla. 2019). “Insofar as Defendant is arguing that Plaintiffs' public nuisance claim is time barred, the Court disagrees.”
Bristow First Assembly of God v. BP p.l.c. (N.D. Okla. 2023). · cites it 2× “Okla. Stat. tit. 50, § 7 contains an exception to the two-year statute of limitations in the case of a public nuisance involving a public right; it established that “no lapse of time can legalize a public nuisance, amounting to an actual obstruction of public right.”
Blocker v. Conocophillips Co., 378 F. Supp. 3d 1066 (W.D. Okla. 2019). “at 619 (citing Okla. Stat. tit. 50, § 7 ). Defendant does not challenge this authority but, rather, attacks the merits of Plaintiffs' underlying public nuisance claim.”
Lee v. BP Am. Prod. Co. (N.D. Okla. 2020). “And 50 O.S. §7 provides that “No lapse of time can legalize a public nuisance amounting to an actual obstruction of public right.”
Bristow First Assembly of God v. BP p.l.c. (N.D. Okla. 2020). “And 50 O.S. §7 provides that “No lapse of time can legalize a public nuisance amounting to an actual obstruction of public right.”
Lane v. BP Am. Prod. Co. (N.D. Okla. 2020). “And 50 O.S. §7 provides that “No lapse of time can legalize a public nuisance amounting to an actual obstruction of public right.”
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