Okla. Stat. tit. 6, § 6-207

A. Final orders of the Board or the State Banking Commissioner

may be appealed to the Supreme Court of Oklahoma by any party

directly affected and showing aggrievement by the order. A mere

increase in competition resulting from the order shall not

constitute aggrievement.

B. An appeal shall be commenced by filing with the clerk of the

Supreme Court, within thirty (30) days from the date of the order or

decision, a petition in error with a copy of the order or decision

appealed from. The time limit prescribed herein for filing the

petition in error may not be extended. The manner of perfection of

the record of the proceedings to be reviewed and the time for its

completion shall be in accordance with rules prescribed by the

Supreme Court.

C. 1. A necessary jurisdictional prerequisite to the

acceptance of the appeal by the Supreme Court shall include an

affirmative showing of aggrievement from the record, by reference in

the petition in error, which cannot be a mere increase in

competition.

2. The appeal must be perfected by the posting of a bond by the

appellant in a reasonable amount not to exceed the amount of

reasonably projected gross income for four (4) years in the case of

a branch, relocation, merger or acquisition, or an amount equal to

the capital, surplus and undivided profits required to be paid in

the case of a new charter. When the order being appealed is that of

the Banking Board, the Board, in its sole discretion, shall set the

amount of the bond. When the order being appealed is that of the

Commissioner, the Commissioner, in the sole discretion of the

Commissioner, shall set the amount of the bond. It is the

obligation of the appellant to request that a bond amount be set and

such request shall not postpone or extend the time period in which

an appeal must be filed with the Oklahoma Supreme Court.

3. In the event the appellant is not the prevailing party in

the appeal, the prevailing party may apply for an order assessing

the bond in the amount demonstrated by such party to have been lost

by reason of the delay caused by the appeal. The amount shall be

based on the income projections in the original proceeding found to

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have been reasonable. The prevailing party shall make such

application to the Board if the original order was issued by the

Board or shall make such application to the Commissioner if the

original order was issued by the Commissioner.

D. The Court shall give great weight to findings made and

inferences drawn by the Board or Commissioner on questions of fact.

The Court may affirm the decision or remand the case for further

proceedings. Additionally, the Court may reverse or modify the

decision if substantial rights of the appellant have been prejudiced

because the findings, inferences or conclusions are not supported by

substantial evidence in the record.