OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit that challenged the residency of newly appointed Supreme Court Justice Patrick Wyrick.

In a four-page ruling, the state's highest court decided that the lawsuit was not timely filed and that two southeastern Oklahoma residents who filed it do not have legal standing to challenge Wyrick's qualifications to hold the office.

The decision says Oklahoma law requires that a lawsuit challenging a Supreme Court justice's qualification to serve must be filed by the attorney general, a district attorney or a contestant for the o...