On July 9, 2020 the Supreme Court of the United States held that land in northeastern Oklahoma reserved for the Creek Nation since the 19th century remains a reservation for the purpose of a federal statute that gives the federal government exclusive jurisdiction to try certain major crimes committed by “[a]ny Indian” in “the Indian country.”
Ronald J. Mann Posts
Argument Analysis: For the Second Time in Two Terms, Justices Consider Reservation Status of Eastern Oklahoma
by Ronald J. Mann | May 14, 2020 | American Indian Law
McGirt v. Oklahoma asks whether the eastern half of Oklahoma is an Indian reservation, exempt in important ways from the control of state and local authorities.
Argument Preview: Justices to Hear Second Set of Arguments on Reservation Status of Eastern Oklahoma
by Ronald J. Mann | May 8, 2020 | American Indian Law
McGirt v. Oklahoma will bring the justices a pronounced sense of déjà vu, as they hear argument for the second time in two years about whether the eastern half of Oklahoma is an Indian reservation.
Opinion analysis: Sharply divided bench rejects Georgia’s copyright in annotations of Georgia statutes
by Ronald J. Mann | Apr 27, 2020 | Copyright
The decision this morning in Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org resolves a technical question of copyright law, the extent to which governmental authorities can copyright (and profit from) the materials that they create. The specific question here is the copyrightability of annotations that summarize, but are not part of, the state’s body of enforceable statutes.
Argument Analysis: Justices Debate Ability of Business That Did Not Sign Arbitration Agreement to Compel Arbitration
by Ronald J. Mann | Jan 23, 2020 | International Commercial and Investor-State Arbitration
GE Energy Power Conversion France SAS v. Outokumpu Stainless USA is the Supreme Court’s first arbitration case of the 2019 term. For observers familiar with the arbitration docket in recent years, this case will seem unusual, because so few of the justices seem predisposed to compel arbitration.