Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta
597 U.S. 629 · U.S. Supreme Court
Holding and boundaries
Held that the Federal Government and the State have concurrent jurisdiction to prosecute crimes committed by non-Indians against Indians in Indian country unless preempted.
Scope and limitations: Does not disestablish reservations or broadly eliminate tribal sovereignty; jurisdiction depends on party status, offense and federal law.
3 issue placements
Indigenous Sovereignty & Public Systems
Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta rejects, narrows, limits, or supplies adverse authority relevant to Indigenous Sovereignty & Public Systems. Fit tier: Direct. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.
Scope and limitations: Does not disestablish reservations or broadly eliminate tribal sovereignty; jurisdiction depends on party status, offense and federal law.
Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required
Indigenous Sovereignty & Settler-Colonial Structures
Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta rejects, narrows, limits, or supplies adverse authority relevant to Indigenous Sovereignty & Settler-Colonial Structures. Fit tier: Direct. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.
Scope and limitations: Does not disestablish reservations or broadly eliminate tribal sovereignty; jurisdiction depends on party status, offense and federal law.
Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required
Tribal, Frontier & Borderland Jurisdiction
Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta rejects, narrows, limits, or supplies adverse authority relevant to Tribal, Frontier & Borderland Jurisdiction. Fit tier: Direct. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.
Scope and limitations: Does not disestablish reservations or broadly eliminate tribal sovereignty; jurisdiction depends on party status, offense and federal law.
Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required
Publication and provenance
The authority is published once; issue-specific orientation and fit remain separate placements. Analogue, contextual, and historical-adverse fits are not represented as controlling.
Published under research-publication-clearance-2026-07-21. deterministic validation and objective verification are not claimed.