No. 17-1107 IN THE Supreme Court of the United States ———— MIKE CARPENTER, INTERIM WARDEN, OKLAHOMA STATE PENITENTIARY, Petitioner, v. PATRICK DWAYNE MURPHY, Respondent. ———— On Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ———— BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE DAVID BOREN, BRAD HENRY, TOM COLE, NEAL MCCALEB, DANNY HILLIARD, KRIS STEELE, DANIEL BOREN, T.W. SHANNON, LISA JOHNSON BILLY, THE CHICKASAW NATION, AND THE CHOCTAW NATION OF OKLAHOMA IN SUPPORT OF RESPONDENT ———— MICHAEL BURRAGE ROBERT H. HENRY WHITTEN BURRAGE Counsel of Record 512 N. Broadway Ave. ROBERT H. HENRY LAW FIRM Suite 300 512 N. Broadway Ave. Oklahoma City, OK 73102 Suite 230 Oklahoma City, OK 73102 (405) 516-7824
[email protected] Counsel for Amici Curiae [Additional Counsel Listed On Inside Cover] September 26, 2018 WILSON-EPES PRINTING CO., INC. – (202) 789-0096 – WASHINGTON, D. C. 20002 STEPHEN H. GREETHAM BRAD MALLETT Senior Counsel Associate General Counsel CHICKASAW NATION CHOCTAW NATION OF 2020 Lonnie Abbott Blvd. OKLAHOMA Ada, OK 74820 P.O. Box 1210 Durant, OK 74702 Counsel for Amicus Curiae the Chickasaw Nation Counsel for Amicus Curiae the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma DOUGLAS B. L. ENDRESON FRANK S. HOLLEMAN, IV SONOSKY, CHAMBERS, SACHSE, ENDRESON & PERRY, LLP 1425 K. St., N.W. Suite 600 Washington, DC 20005 (202) 682-0240 Counsel for Amici Curiae the Chickasaw Nation and the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma TABLE OF CONTENTS Page TABLE OF AUTHORITIES ................................ ii INTEREST OF AMICI CURIAE ........................ 1 SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT ............................. 5 ARGUMENT ........................................................ 5 I. OKLAHOMA’S AND THE NATIONS’ NEGOTIATED APPROACH TO SET- TLING JURISDICTIONAL ISSUES ON THEIR RESERVATION BENEFITS ALL OKLAHOMANS .......................................