The U.S. Supreme Court will take a fresh look at a landmark case involving government jurisdiction on tribal lands after more than 40 petitions were made seeking to overturn or limit the historic 2020 ruling in McGirt v. Oklahoma.
Justices will gather early next month with a focus on a Tulsa man’s case, according to a Dec. 8 update to the court’s docket. The state appealed following an Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals decision to vacate a 2017 conviction and 35-year prison sentence for Victor Manuel Castro-Huerta, 36, based on the McGirt ruling.
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