Hooper v. The City of Tulsa

  1. August 04, 2023

    High Court Allows Stay To Expire In Tulsa Traffic Dispute

    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.

  2. August 03, 2023

    Gorsuch Extends Stay Blocking Tulsa Law On Tribal Lands

    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.

  3. July 26, 2023

    Gorsuch Grants Emergency Stay Of Tribal Jurisdiction Ruling

    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.

  4. July 25, 2023

    Tulsa Wants Justices To Stay 10th Circ. Jurisdiction Mandate

    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."

  5. July 20, 2023

    10th Circ. Won't Pause Tribal Prosecution Case For High Court

    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.

  6. July 18, 2023

    Tulsa Blowing Hot Air Over Traffic Ticket Decision, Tribes Say

    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.

  7. July 10, 2023

    Tulsa Wants To Take Tribal Prosecution Case To High Court

    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.

  8. June 28, 2023

    Tulsa Can't Try Tribal Members On Rez Land, 10th Circ. Says

    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.

  9. May 10, 2023

    Tribal Traffic Ticket Case Threatens Public Safety, Tulsa Says

    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.

  10. May 01, 2023

    Choctaw Nation Member Can Sue Over Ticket, 10th Circ. Told

    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.