Jimcy McGirt, Petitioner v. Oklahoma

  1. July 09, 2025

    5 Years Ago, The McGirt Ruling Reshaped Tribal Jurisdiction

    It was widely held for decades that Oklahoma had domain over criminal matters on tribal lands, but five years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court turned that regime on its head, finding 19th century federal treaties with the Creek Nation that formed its reservation are valid — and, in turn, reestablishing 45% of the Sooner State as Indian Country.

  2. December 21, 2020

    Biggest Native American Rulings From The 2nd Half Of 2020

    Federally recognized tribes won a D.C. Circuit decision that Alaska Native corporations aren't eligible for certain COVID-19 funding, the U.S. Supreme Court cemented tribes' rights to reservations under their treaties, and two tribes had a hand in fighting against the federal government's effort to shorten the census.

  3. July 30, 2020

    Biggest Native American Rulings From The 1st Half Of 2020

    The Muscogee (Creek) Nation scored a landmark victory with the U.S. Supreme Court's decision that the tribe's Oklahoma reservation endures, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and others earned an order to shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline, and a Washington tribe beat BNSF in a Ninth Circuit oil shipping dispute.

  4. July 09, 2020

    Justices Back Toss Of State Convictions On Okla. Reservation

    A divided U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a Muscogee (Creek) Nation member's Oklahoma state court convictions, ruling that the tribe's treaty lands are still a reservation for the application of federal criminal law and the crimes the Creek member was accused of therefore took place on the reservation.

  5. May 12, 2020

    Gorsuch Set To Swing Tribal Boundary Case, If Liberals Stick

    Justice Neil Gorsuch showed signs that he could provide a pivotal vote in favor of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation's claims to still have a reservation during U.S. Supreme Court arguments this week, but only if some of the court's more liberal justices aren't swayed away from the tribe's position by concerns about Oklahoma losing criminal jurisdiction in the eastern part of the state.

  6. May 11, 2020

    Justices Weigh Novelty Of Okla. Tribal Reservation Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court appeared divided Monday over whether the Muscogee (Creek) Nation's claims that its eastern Oklahoma reservation still exists and is subject to federal criminal jurisdiction should be handled differently from other reservation boundary cases that have gone tribes' way at the high court.

  7. April 13, 2020

    Creek Tribe Had Reservation And Never Lost It, Justices Told

    A Muscogee (Creek) Nation member has pressed the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn his Oklahoma state court convictions because the crimes he was accused of took place within the tribe's historical reservation, saying the state's "brand-new argument" that the tribe never had a reservation to begin with doesn't wash.

  8. March 23, 2020

    Tulsa, States, Feds Weigh In On Okla. Tribal Jurisdiction Suit

    The federal government, the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and several neighboring states told the U.S. Supreme Court that overturning a man’s state convictions in a broad tribal jurisdiction dispute would result in widespread chaos, upending norms for taxation, zoning and law enforcement.

  9. March 16, 2020

    Okla. Tells Justices Tribal Reservations Would 'Transform' It

    Oklahoma urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to reject a bid to throw out a Native American man's state court convictions because his alleged crimes took place on the Muscogee (Creek) Nation's reservation, saying the tribe lost its authority to the state long ago and "turning eastern Oklahoma into reservations would transform the state."

  10. February 13, 2020

    Former US Attys Call In Congress On Okla. Reservation Case

    Eight former U.S. attorneys said Congress is the only avenue for tackling issues of tribal, federal and state jurisdiction, lodging an amicus brief in a U.S. Supreme Court case over jurisdictional questions on the Muscogee (Creek) Nation's historical reservation.