SCOTUS Grants Oklahoma Petition to Consider Whether the State Can Prosecute Non-Indian – on – Indian Crime in Indian Country

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is today’s order.

The grant is limited to question 1 — here are the questions presented:

  1. Whether a State has authority to prosecute non- Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country.
  2. Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.

Cert stage materials in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta:

Petition.pdfDownload
Oklahoma DAs Association Amicus Brief.pdfDownload
Oklahoma Environmental Federation Amicus.PDFDownload
Texas Amicus Brief.pdfDownload
Tulsa Amicus Brief.pdfDownload
Castro-Huerta BIO.pdfDownload
Cherokee Nation Amicus Brief.pdfDownload
Chickasaw and Choctaw Amicus.pdfDownload
MCN Amicus Brief.pdfDownload
Oklahoma Cert Reply.pdfDownload

Lower court materials:

OCCA Opinion.pdfDownload
Castro-Huerta Brief on Reservation Disestablishment.pdfDownload
Cherokee Amicus Brief.pdfDownload
State Brief on Concurrent Jurisdiction.pdfDownload
Castro-Huerta Response Brief on Concurrent Jurisdiction.pdfDownload
Oklahoma District Court Opinion.pdfDownload