Governor Stitt Files Lawsuit Against Federal Government Over McGirt Ruling Interpretations More than one year after the US Supreme Court's historic ruling in McGirt vs. Oklahoma, Governor Kevin Stitt claims the Biden administration is already incorrectly expanding it and he's now taking them to court. A 27-page federal lawsuit filed in the Western District of Oklahoma Monday morning, claims the US Department of the Interior is breaking the law by taking surface coal mining jurisdiction away from Oklahoma, something the state has controlled since 1981. The Interior Department claims because of the McGirt ruling, it now has that jurisdiction on the Muscogee Nation Reservation. The Governor, along with the Oklahoma Office of the Attorney General, though disagree and call it federal overreach.