NEW: Supreme Court rules Oklahoma prosecutors lack authority to pursue criminal cases in a large chunk of eastern Oklahoma that remains an American Indian reservation.
The Associated Press
The court's 5-4 decision, written by Justice Neil Gorsuch, means that Oklahoma prosecutors lack the authority to pursue criminal cases against American Indian defendants in parts of Oklahoma that include most of Tulsa, the second-largest city.
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