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Alicia Stroble v. Oklahoma Tax Commission

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Oklahoma, No. 120,806 · judgment July 1, 2025


Certiorari denied · April 6, 2026
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Whether Oklahoma may tax the income of a Muscogee (Creek) Nation citizen who lives and works within the Muscogee (Creek) Reservation that McGirt v. Oklahoma, 591 U.S. 894 (2020), held remains Indian country. (i)

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Elizabeth Barchas Prelogar
Cooley LLP

For respondent
Kannon K. Shanmugam
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 9 conferences

Amicus briefs
4 cert-stage

Proceedings

  1. Apr 06 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 30 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/2/2026.
  3. Mar 23 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/27/2026.
  4. Mar 16 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2026.
  5. Mar 02 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/6/2026.
  6. Feb 23 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/27/2026.
  7. Feb 13 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
  8. Jan 20 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/23/2026.
  9. Jan 12 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/16/2026.
  10. Dec 16 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
  11. Dec 15 2025
    Reply of petitioner Alicia Stroble filed. (Distributed)
  12. Dec 01 2025
    Brief of respondent Oklahoma Tax Commission in opposition filed.
  13. Oct 31 2025
    Amicus brief of Muscogee Creek Nation not accepted for filing. (October 31, 2025) (corrected efiling to be submitted)
  14. Oct 31 2025
    Brief amicus curiae of Muscogee Creek Nation filed.
  15. Oct 31 2025
    Brief amici curiae of National Congress of American Indians, et al. filed.
  16. Oct 31 2025
    Brief amici curiae of Cherokee Nation, et al. filed.
  17. Oct 31 2025
    Brief amicus curiae of Seminole Nation of Oklahoma filed.
  18. Oct 08 2025
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 1, 2025.
  19. Oct 06 2025
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 31, 2025 to December 1, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
  20. Sep 29 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 31, 2025)