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04Dec

Half of Oklahoma is Now Likely Within a Native American Reservation, What Does This Mean for Your Project?

It is rare for the holding in a single criminal case to have such far-reaching implications that it affects nearly every industry in a particular state. But that is what happened on July 9, 2020, when the United States Supreme Court overturned Jimcy McGirt’s criminal conviction in Oklahoma state court by holding that Oklahoma did not have jurisdiction to prosecute McGirt (a citizen of the Creek tribe) for a crime committed within the boundaries of the Creek Nation......
By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/half-of-oklahoma-is-now-likely-within-a-93563/

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