Background materials on the case here.
SCOTUSBlog preview (by Fletcher): “In sequel to McGirt, justices will again review scope of state prosecutorial power in Indian country“
Atlantic (by Rebecca Nagle and Allison Herrera): “Where Is Oklahoma Getting Its Numbers From in Its Supreme Court Case?“
NonDoc: “SCOTUS to hear state’s McGirt challenge in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta“
Boston Review (by Mary Kathryn Nagle and Emma Lower): “What Will It Take to End Violence Against Native Women?“
Here is today’s order list.
The court denied cert in Scudero v. Alaska (cert stage materials) and Snoqualmie v. Washington (cert stage materials).
Supreme Court Merits Briefs:
Merits Stage Amicus Briefs Supporting Petitioner:
Oklahoma DAs and Sheriffs Amicus Brief
States Amicus Brief Supporting Oklahoma
Merits Stage Amicus Briefs Supporting Respondent:
Peace Commission Treaty Tribes Amicus Brief
Cert stage materials in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta:
Oklahoma DAs Association Amicus Brief.pdf
Oklahoma Environmental Federation Amicus.PDF
Cherokee Nation Amicus Brief.pdf
Chickasaw and Choctaw Amicus.pdf
Lower court materials:
Castro-Huerta Brief on Reservation Disestablishment.pdf
State Brief on Concurrent Jurisdiction.pdf
Castro-Huerta Response Brief on Concurrent Jurisdiction.pdf
Oklahoma District Court Opinion.pdf
Castro-Huerta Petition in Error
Castro-Huerta Motion to Issue Mandate
Also, the plea agreement in United States v. Castro-Huerta (N.D. Okla.):
Here:
Questions presented:
Lower court materials here.
Amicus briefs in support of the petition:
Here:
Questions presented:
Whether a federal court may force a non-consenting, non-Indian plaintiff to exhaust his claims in tribal court when the defendant tribe has expressly consented by contract to federal or state court jurisdiction and waived both sov- ereign immunity and tribal exhaustion.
Whether a state court may adjudicate a contractual dispute between a tribe and a non-Indian where the tribe has provided specific contrac- tual consent to state court jurisdiction; or in- stead, whether the Constitution or laws of the United States prohibit such exercises of state court jurisdiction unless the State has assumed general civil jurisdiction over tribal territory under Sections 1322 and 1326 of Title 25.
Lower court materials here.
Update:
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Lower court materials here.
Questions presented:
Here is Monday’s order list.
The Court denied cert in Caballero v. United States, lower court materials here.
The tribe described an earlier incarnation of this case as “sovereign identity theft.”
Here is today’s order list.
The Court denied Samish v. Washington, an effort by the tribe to assert treaty rights, and Hawkins v. Haaland, a challenge to the Klamath Tribes’ regulation of the Klamath River.
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