Oklahoma State of v. United States Department of the Interior

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA STATE OF OKLAHOMA, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) Case No. CIV-21-719-F ) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT ) OF THE INTERIOR, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ORDER I. INTRODUCTION The Supreme Court handed down its decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma, ___ U.S. ___,

140 S.Ct. 2452

(2020) on July 9, 2020, putting the State of Oklahoma, and millions of its citizens, in a uniquely disadvantaged position as compared to the other forty-nine states. Core functions of state government, relied upon by all Oklahomans for over a hundred years, are called…