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Cherokee Nation attorney general updates council on litigation and warns of state push to file hunting citations in state court
Summary
Attorney General Chad Harshaw told the Cherokee Nation Tribal Council that motions in the Ballard and Hiskey litigation remain under court consideration and that the Nation will file a brief in the Strobel income-tax matter with the U.S. Supreme Court, and he warned that the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation has indicated it may try to prosecute hunting and fishing citations in state court rather than in tribal court.
Attorney General Chad Harshaw told the Cherokee Nation Tribal Council that motions in the Ballard and Hiskey litigation remain under court consideration despite slowdowns tied to a government shutdown, and that the Nation plans to file a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in the Strobel income-tax matter.
Harshaw briefed the council on three items: the Ballard and Hiskey case in the Northern and Eastern Districts, the Oklahoma Supreme Court's Strobel decision and subsequent petition for U.S. Supreme Court review, and recent statements by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation about tribal hunting and fishing licenses. "We asked the court to go ahead, in the meantime, consider the fully briefed motions to dismiss," Harshaw said. He added that the court agreed to do so even though some activity…
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