Okla. Stat. tit. 20, § 20-30.5: Opinions - Publications

The Court of Civil Appeals shall effect disposition of cases

assigned to it by a written opinion prepared in such form as the

Supreme Court prescribes. No opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals

shall be binding or cited as precedent unless it shall have been

approved by the majority of the justices of the Supreme Court for

publication in the official reporter. The Supreme Court shall

direct which opinion or decision, if any, of the Court of Civil

Appeals shall be published in the unofficial reporter. Opinions of

the Court of Civil Appeals which apply settled precedent and do not

settle new questions of law shall not be released for publication in

the official reporter.