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Court rejects 2 more McGirt appeals from Comanche Co.

Thursday, January 20, 2022

OKLAHOMA CITY — Although the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in McGirt vs Oklahoma resulted in most of the eastern half of the state being considered “Indian Country” for purposes of criminal jurisdiction, the same cannot be said of western Oklahoma.

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High court: McGirt can’t be applied retroactively

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer

Thursday, January 13, 2022

OKLAHOMA CITY — The U.S. Supreme Court, providing some clarity to a controversial decision it issued a year and a half ago, upheld the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals’ opinion that the landmark McGirt ruling will not be applied retroactively to criminal convictions.

One of the abandoned mine land reclamation projects completed by a contractor hired by the Oklahoma Conservation Commission was a project near Foyil, in Rogers County. The surface coal mine was operational in the 1950s and abandoned before 1960, records show. The site had 1,560 linear feet of dangerous highwalls piled to heights of 38 to 48 feet, plus a water-filled pit of nearly one acre. Photos courtesy Oklahoma Conservation Commission

Feds strip Oklahoma of control over coal mining, abandoned land reclamation in ‘Indian Country’

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer

Friday, January 7, 2022

OKLAHOMA CITY — The federal government has stripped the State of Oklahoma of its regulatory authority over coal mining and abandoned mine reclamation operations throughout “Indian Country” in eastern Oklahoma.

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Challenge filed against state regulation of energy industry

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer

Thursday, January 6, 2022

Calyx Energy, based in Tulsa, filed multiple applications on April 29, 2020, to drill on land in Hughes County; the applications requested multiunit horizontal wells, well location exceptions, increased well density, pooling, and exceptions to spacing requirements.

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Grocer on tribal land protests state sales taxes

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer

Thursday, January 6, 2022

Warehouse Market Inc., based in Tulsa, contended it had no obligation to pay state sales taxes on a Cox Cash Saver Cost Plus store it operates in a shopping center in Okmulgee that is located on restricted Indian land within the jurisdiction of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.

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McGirt ruling rippling through state

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer

Thursday, January 6, 2022

OKLAHOMA CITY – The U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark McGirt ruling, that much of eastern Oklahoma is tribal land, solely addressed criminal jurisprudence. Nevertheless, its repercussions have since extended to state government regulation and taxation issues, as well.

Stitt addresses McGirt ruling in Duncan appearance

Eric Swanson

Thursday, September 16, 2021

DUNCAN — The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that much of eastern Oklahoma is still tribal land could spell trouble for the state, Gov. Kevin Stitt said Wednesday. “This creates tremendous uncertainty in our state,” he said. “It really threatens Oklahoma’s sovereignty.

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Stitt address McGirt impact in Duncan appearance

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Thursday, September 9, 2021

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt addresses the Duncan Rotary Club Wednesday at Simmons Center in Duncan. The governor spoke about the impact of the Supreme Court's ruling in McGirt v. Oklahoma.

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Judge says McGirt ‘created an unstable situation’

Tim Farley

Thursday, April 22, 2021

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the controversial McGirt case was the “worst thing that’s happened in law,” a Stephens County judge said recently.

Will oil & gas be affected by the McGirt case?

Does McGirt extend to oil and gas affairs too?

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer

Thursday, December 17, 2020

OKLAHOMA CITY – The U.S. Supreme Court decision that the Muscogee (Creek) Nation reservation was never disestablished by Congress has widened from the criminal realm into the domain of regulatory affairs.

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