In the latest development of the Muscogee Creek Nation v. City of Tulsa lawsuit, a civil rights attorney and Freedmen advocate, Damario Solomon-Simmons, filed a motion to intervene in the case last Friday as a representative of the Muscogee Creek Indian Freedmen Band.
The lawsuit filed by the Muscogee Nation asks for a judge to declare the tribe has the right to prosecute tribal citizens for traffic infractions.
It points to the case Hooper v. Tulsa, which was dismissed in December after an appellate decision said the city did not have the authority to prosecute over minor infractions. As a result, the larger lawsuit between the tribe and city was set to be heard in federal court to resolve lingering jurisdictional issues…