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August 04, 2023
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday left in place a Tenth Circuit mandate that prevents the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, from enforcing municipal laws against Native Americans on tribal lands.
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August 03, 2023
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch on Wednesday extended an emergency mandate stay until the end of day on Friday on a recent appellate ruling that blocks the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, from enforcing municipal laws against Native Americans on tribal lands.
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July 26, 2023
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch on Wednesday temporarily stayed a recent appellate ruling that blocked the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, from enforcing municipal laws against Native Americans, giving authorities a brief reprieve as they pressure the high court to overturn that decision.
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July 25, 2023
The city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the Tenth Circuit from issuing a mandate barring it from enforcing municipal laws against Native Americans, saying the outcome would affect cities "in an area larger than Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, New Hampshire and Rhode Island combined."
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July 20, 2023
The Tenth Circuit declined to stay its decision barring the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, from enforcing municipal law against Native Americans, a move that public officials had sought as they prepare to challenge the court's ruling before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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July 18, 2023
Oklahoma's largest tribes want the Tenth Circuit to implement a June 28 ruling that prohibits the city of Tulsa from enforcing municipal law against Native Americans, claiming this week that a system of police deputization and criminal referrals is already used to ensure public safety.
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July 10, 2023
The city of Tulsa wants the Tenth Circuit to hold off on issuing a final mandate that says it lacks jurisdiction to cite tribal citizens for traffic violations within city limits inside the Cherokee and Muscogee (Creek) nations' reservations, saying it intends to challenge the ruling in the U.S. Supreme Court.
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June 28, 2023
A Tenth Circuit panel on Wednesday said the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, can't prosecute tribal members for violating local laws, reversing a lower court's ruling that said municipalities in Indian Country have judicial authority under an 1898 federal law that covers all residents, regardless of race.
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May 10, 2023
Efforts by a Choctaw Nation citizen to overturn a $150 speeding ticket risk subjecting the entire city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, to legitimate safety threats every day, public officials said Tuesday, urging the Tenth Circuit to affirm their jurisdiction over Native American residents.
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May 01, 2023
A Choctaw Nation member, whose fight to overturn a $150 speeding ticket has made its way to the Tenth Circuit, says he is subject to an ever-present risk of potential prosecution from local authorities — a "constant burden" that is plenty to establish standing to sue over a century-old law that Tulsa, Oklahoma, argues allows the city to prosecute Native Americans for local law violations on reservation land.