Case Facts
This was the defendant's name in the case.
Who is Castro-Huerta?
This court ruled Oklahoma lacked jurisdiction under McGirt.
What is the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals?
This term means the authority of a court to hear and decide a case.
What is Jurisdiction?
The Supreme Court ruled in this vote count.
What is 5-to-4?
This justice wrote the 42-page dissent criticizing the ruling.
Who is Neil Gorsuch?
The victim in this case was a member of this group.
Who are Native Americans?
After losing in the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, Oklahoma appealed to this court.
What is the United States Supreme Court?
This term describes land recognized under federal law as Native American territory.
What is Indian Country?
The Court ruled that states retain criminal jurisdiction unless this branch of government removes it.
Who is Congress?
Justice Gorsuch was joined in dissent by this number of other justices.
What is three?
The crime occurred in this type of legally recognized land.
What is Indian Country?
This earlier Supreme Court decision directly influenced the lower court’s ruling.
What is McGirt v. Oklahoma?
This type of jurisdiction means more than one government can prosecute the same crime.
What is concurrent jurisdiction?
This was the Court’s main holding in the case.
What is that states and the federal government share jurisdiction?
The dissent argued that historically, states did not have authority over this type of crime in Indian Country.
What are crimes committed by non-Native defendants against Native victims?
This earlier Supreme Court case recognized much of eastern Oklahoma as Indian Country.
What is McGirt v. Oklahoma?
This is the legal term for the path a case takes through the court system.
What is procedural history?
After Castro-Huerta, these two governments can prosecute certain crimes involving non-Native defendants and Native victims in Indian Country.
Who are the state and federal governments?
This type of opinion explains the reasoning of the justices who agreed with the decision.
What is the majority opinion?
The dissent warned that the Court’s decision overturns a long-held understanding about this type of authority in Indian Country.
What is criminal jurisdiction?
This state originally prosecuted Castro-Huerta before the jurisdiction dispute reached the Supreme Court.
What is Oklahoma?
The Supreme Court agreed to hear the case primarily to resolve this legal issue.
What is jurisdiction over crimes in Indian Country?
This concept refers to the inherent right of Native American tribes to govern themselves.
What is tribal sovereignty?
This term refers to a previous court decision that influences later cases.
What is precedent?
Justice Gorsuch criticized the majority for ignoring treaties and federal promises made to these groups.
What are Native American tribes?