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18 U.S.C. § 3243

Jurisdiction of State of Kansas over offenses committed by or against Indians on Indian reservations

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Jurisdiction is conferred on the State of Kansas over offenses committed by or against Indians on Indian reservations, including trust or restricted allotments, within the State of Kansas, to the same extent as its courts have jurisdiction over offenses committed elsewhere within the State in accordance with the laws of the State.

This section shall not deprive the courts of the United States of jurisdiction over offenses defined by the laws of the United States committed by or against Indians on Indian reservations.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 37 cases (7 in the last 5 years), 1957–2025 · leading case: McGirt v. Oklahoma, 591 U. S. 894 (2020).
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McGirt v. Oklahoma, 591 U. S. 894 (2020). · cites it 2× “, 18 U. S. C. §3243 (creating jurisdic- tion for Kansas); Act of May 31, 1946, ch.”
Jimmie D. Oyler v. Fred Allenbrand & the Attorney Gen. of Kansas, 23 F.3d 292 (10th Cir. 1994). · cites it 6× “In denying the petition, the district court held that the Kansas Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3243 , empowered the State of Kansas to exercise criminal jurisdiction over petitioner despite the contrary language of the Treaty with the Shawnee, 1831 (Shawnee Treaty).”
State v. Oyler, 803 P.2d 581 (Kan. Ct. App. 1990). · cites it 11× ““In 1940, Congress enacted the Kansas Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3243 (1982), conferring criminal jurisdiction on the State of Kansas over state offenses committed by or against Indians on Indian reservations located within the State of Kansas.”
Negonsott v. Samuels, 507 U.S. 99 (1993). · cites it 2× “† The question presented in this case is whether the Kansas Act, 18 U. S. C. §3243 , confers jurisdiction on the State of Kansas to prosecute petitioner, a Kickapoo Indian, for the state-law offense of aggravated battery committed against another Indian on an Indian reservation.”
Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta, 597 U.S. 629 (2022). “18 U. S. C. § 3243 . Through the rest of the decade, Congress experi- mented with similar laws for New York, Iowa, and North Dakota.”
State v. Nioce, 716 P.2d 585 (Kan. 1986). · cites it 11× “Resolution of this issue depends upon our interpretation of 18 U.S.C. § 3243 (1982): “Jurisdiction is conferred on the State of Kansas over offenses committed by or against Indians on Indian reservations, including trust or restricted allotments, within the State of Kansas, to…”
Iowa Tribe of Indians of Kansas & Nebraska, a Federally Recognized Indian Tribe v. State of Kansas, 787 F.2d 1434 (10th Cir. 1986). · cites it 6× “On October 21, 1982, the Kansas Attorney General issued a formal opinion in response to an inquiry from the Kansas Department of Revenue concerning the Department’s ability to enforce the Bingo Tax Act, Kansas StatAnn.”
Youngbear v. Brewer, 415 F. Supp. 807 (N.D. Iowa 1976). · cites it 4× “565 (now codified at 18 U.S.C. § 3243 ), 4 was cited as *813 the model to which Pub.”
Emery L. Negonsott v. Harold Samuels & the Attorney Gen. of the State of Kansas, 933 F.2d 818 (10th Cir. 1991). · cites it 4× “This habeas case requires us to determine the scope of criminal jurisdiction granted by 18 U.S.C. § 3243 (1988) to the State of Kansas over state-law offenses committed by Indians on Indian lands.”
Bosse v. State, 2021 OK CR 3 (Okla. Crim. App. 2021). “18 U.S.C. § 3243 . The Supreme Court determined that this Act confers concurrent jurisdiction on State courts only to the extent that the State of Kansas may prosecute people for state law offenses that are also punishable as offenses under federal law; otherwise, the…”
Burdett v. Harrah's Kansas Casino Corp., 260 F. Supp. 2d 1109 (D. Kan. 2003). · cites it 4× “Instead, plaintiff argues that federal courts have jurisdiction to determine the validity of a Tribal-State gaming compact under the IGRA 3 and that by enacting 18 U.S.C. § 3243 , Congress abrogated tribal immunity to the extent that a tribe commits a state or federal criminal…”
United States v. Violet Bruce, 394 F.3d 1215 (9th Cir. 2005). “2d 457 (1993) (construing The Kansas Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3243 ). Aside from statutory grants, the effect of the Supreme Court’s decision in McBratney, 104 U.”
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