SCOTUS Denies Cert in Yakama v. Yakima County Criminal Jurisdiction Dispute

Here is today’s order list.

Cert stage briefs and links to lower court materials here.

Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals Decision on Cherokee Nation Reservation

Here are the available materials in Spears v. State of Oklahoma:

Court of Appeals Opinion

Spears Brief

State Brief

Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals Decision on Seminole Reservation

Here are the materials in Grayson v. State of Oklahoma:

Court of Appeals Opinion

District Court Opinion

Grayson Brief

State Brief

Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals Decision on Choctaw Reservation

Here are the materials in Sizemore v. State of Oklahoma:

District Court Order

Court of Appeals Opinion

Sizemore Brief

State Brief

Federal Court Rejects Fourth Amendment and Double Jeopardy Challenges to Federal Prosecution for Robbery at Red Lake Subsequent to Tribal Prosecution

Here are the materials in United States v. Stately (D. Minn.):

1 Indictment

39 Motion to Suppress

40 Motion to Suppress

43 Motion to Suppress

50 Government’s Response

52 Government’s Response

118 Motion to Dismiss

129 Memorandum re Motion to Suppress

130 Memorandum re Motion to Suppress

134 Memorandum re Motion to Dismiss

138 Government’s Response to 118

139 Government’s Response to 40

140 Government’s Response to 43

141 Memorandum in Support of 118

142 Magistrate Report

144 Objections

148 Government’s Response

149 Objections

153 Government’s Response

158 Reply

161 DCT Order

Elizabeth Reese on the Cooley Argument [SCOTUSBlog]

Here.

FBI Releases Data on Missing Indigenous Persons

Here.

United States v. Cooley Oral Argument

Here.

Background materials here.

Elizabeth Reese’s preview of the case “Tribal police drag messy Indian sovereignty cases back to the court.”

Update: Transcript.

Oklahoma District Court Dismisses Criminal Charges against Indian Defendant for Crimes Committed on Peoria and Ottawa Reservations

Here are the materials in State of Oklahoma v. Brester (Ottawa Co. Dist. Ct.):

Ottawa and Miami Tribes Amicus Brief

Peoria Tribe Amicus Brief

Second Amended Motion to Dismiss

State Response

Reply [only 1 page available]

District Court Order

Chickasaw Nation Reservation Boundaries Case out of the Oklahoma Court of Last Resort

Based on the evidence, the District Court concluded that Congress never erased the boundaries and disestablished the Chickasaw Nation Reservation. The Court further concluded that the crimes at issue occurred in Indian Country. We adopt these conclusions.

Bosse v. State of Oklahoma

Briefs:

Chicaksaw Nation Amicus Brief

Petitioner Supplemental Brief

State Supplemental Brief

Lower court materials here.