This is for the January 23 conference (today, the Court will consider the MichGO v. Kempthorne petition).
From SCOTUSblog:
Docket: 08-655
Title: Harrah’s Operating Company, Inc. v. NGV Gaming, Ltd.
Issue: Whether the term “Indian lands” in 25 U.S.C. 81(a) applies only to land currently held in trust by the United States or also to land that will be held in trust.
Here are the materials in this case involving the Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians:
We posted about this case involving tribal leaders at Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians earlier this year. The government has been able to convict one of the tribal leaders — Michelle Campbell — for failing to file a tax return (campbell-conviction). Priscilla Hunter’s trial is scheduled for April 2009.
SCOTUSblog has listed MichGO v. Kempthorne as a petition to watch (see post here) for the January 9 conference. Here are the briefs, etc.:
Docket: 08-554
Title: Michigan Gambling Opposition v. Kempthorne
Issue: Whether Section 5 of the Indian Reorganization Act, which gives the Secretary of Interior discretion to acquire lands for Native Americans, is an unconstitutional delegation of legislative authority.
Here is the brief (courtesy of Indianz) — ussg-opposition
As Indianz reported, the United States has moved the Southern District of Iowa to reconsider its decision reversing the government’s (specifically, NIGC) determination that the Ponca Tribe could game on its Carter Lake parcel. Here is the motion:
Is here — gun-lake-band-cert-opposition
MichGO’s cert petition is here, as are links to the lower court materials.
The Eastern District of Wisconsin denied the Menominees motion for a TRO in their challenge to the application of the regulations on off-reservation gaming. The complaint is here.
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