The Oklahoma Supreme Court nullified a settlement agreement between Tulsa and the Muscogee Nation. One source describes the action as invalidating a jurisdiction agreement. The ruling follows the McGirt decision and affects local-tribal coordination on policing and prosecutions.
The ruling overrides negotiated accommodations and limits tribal sovereignty in the wake of McGirt.
“State judicial power diminishing Native self-governance and collaborative models”
The decision correctly blocks local deals that expand tribal authority without state approval and undermine uniform law enforcement.
“Reinforcement of state sovereignty and clear constitutional lines of authority”
The nullification prevents extralegal bargains among governments and favors predictable rule of law over ad-hoc jurisdictional carve-outs.
“Costs of fragmented sovereignty to individual residents and limits on all coercive authorities”
All three views assume the agreement was a legitimate exercise of authority rather than testing the court's separation-of-powers holding.
“Shared groupthink that bypasses the agreement's text and measurable governance effects”