Housing Authority of Seminole Nation v. Harjo

HARGRAVE, Chief Justice,

joined by OPALA, Vice Chief Justice, HODGES and SIMMS, Justices, dissenting:

The majority opinion refuses to apply Oklahoma law to land once owned by an Indian, now deeded to the appellee after the restrictions were removed. Once restrictions are removed from land held by an Indian, that property is subject to the laws of this state just as any other citizen’s property. Sperry Oil & Gas Co. v. Chisholm, 264 U.S. 488, 44 S.Ct. 372, 68 L.Ed. 803 (1923). To re-impose these restrictions for what amounts to equitable reasons as the Court has done by borrowing from criminal…