Creek Nation Says High Court Should Deny Oklahoma’s Bid To Overturn McGirt

Mealey's (October 14, 2021, 1:05 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In filing more than 30 petitions for certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to overturn the court’s landmark criminal jurisdiction ruling in McGirt v. Oklahoma, Oklahoma paints “a portrait of civil upheaval” in the state caused by the decision “that does not exist,” the Muscogee (Creek) Nation tells the high court in an Oct. 8 amicus curiae brief urging denial of the petitions....