Oklahoma Drops 1 Supreme Court Case Over McGirt; Others Still Pending

Mealey's (September 7, 2021, 9:23 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oklahoma on Sept. 3 asked the U.S. Supreme Court to dismiss its first petition for a writ of certiorari challenging the court’s landmark criminal jurisdiction ruling in McGirt v. Oklahoma, with the state’s attorney general saying in a news release that the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has reinstated the murder conviction in the case that prompted the petition....