Oklahoma State of v. United States Department of Interior

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA STATE OF OKLAHOMA, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) Case No. CIV-21-805-F ) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT ) OF THE INTERIOR, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ORDER Before the court is Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment (doc. no. 42) filed on June 13, 2022, and Federal Defendants’ Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment (doc. no. 46) filed on July 28, 2022. Both motions are fully briefed and at issue (doc. nos. 47, 48, 49). I. INTRODUCTION For decades, Oklahoma has regulated surface coal mining and reclamation operations within its…