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The Muscogee Nation is seeking a declaration that the city of Tulsa doesn’t have criminal jurisdiction to prosecute tribal citizens in light of the Supreme Court's 2020 McGirt ruling.
Judge considers split on whether ‘local action doctrine’ is jurisdictional- In a New Mexico case about an agreement governing oil and gas rights in the southern part of the state, a forum-selection clause called for transferring the litigation to Texas, and a federal judge considered the lingering controversy about whether...
The city claims other cases are better-suited to handle the thorny issue of criminal jurisdiction of involving tribal citizens.
A federal judge has dismissed the Hooper v. Tulsa case without prejudice, U.S. District Judge William P. Johnson wrote in the order.
The city of Tulsa said litigation against the prosecution of Native Americans for municipal offenses was not over after a federal judge dismissed Hooper v. Tulsa in line with an