Ninth Circuit Rejects Two Challenges to North Fork Rancheria Gaming

Here is the opinion in Club One Casino, Inc. v. Bernhardt.

Briefs here.

And here is the opinion in Stand Up for California! v. Dept. of the Interior.

Briefs here.

SCOTUS Denies Cert in Noem v. Flandreau Santee Sioux Tax Case

Here is today’s order list.

Cert stage materials in Noem v. Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe.

Cert Petition in Oklahoma Gaming Machines Tax Case

Here is the petition in Rogers County Board of Tax Roll Corrections v. Video Gaming Technologies, Inc.:

20200514142407520_Petition for Writ of Certiorari

20200514142428474_Appendix for Petition for Writ of Certiorari

Question presented:

Whether a generally applicable state ad valorem tax, as assessed against personal property owned by a non-Indian, out-of-state corporate entity and leased to a tribe for use in its casino operations, is preempted by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and the Court’s “particularized inquiry” balancing test, see White Mountain Apache Tribe v. Bracker, 448 U.S. 136 (1980), where the tax does not infringe on any federal regulatory purpose contained in the IGRA, the tax does not interfere with any tribal sovereignty interests, and the tax supports relevant and important government interests, such as law enforcement, schools and health services.

Lower court decision here.

UPDATE:

Tulsa County Assessor Amicus Brief

Cert Opp Brief

Oklahoma AG Opinion on Legality of Recent Gaming Compacts [updated]

Here:

AG Opinion 2020-8 (W-7)

Update:

05 13 response memo to ag hunter

Fort Sill Apache Loses Akela Flats Suit against NIGC

Here is the order in Fort Sill Apache Tribe v. National Indian Gaming Commission (D.D.C.):

137 DCT Order

Materials here.

Ninth Circuit Briefs in Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation v. Newsom

Here:

Opening Brief

Tribal Amicus Brief

Answer Brief

Reply

Lower court materials here.

Federal Court Holds Interior May Not Take Land into Trust for Gaming Purposes for Keetoowah

Here is the opinion in Cherokee Nation v. Bernhardt (N.D. Okla.):

Prior post here.

Cayuga Nation Prevails over Village in Gaming Case

Here is the opinion in Cayuga Nation v. Tanner (N.D. N.Y.):

147-dct-order.pdf

Briefs here.

Casino Development Firm Sues Sault Tribe over Lansing and Wayne County Gaming Proposals [updates]

Here is the complaint in JLLJ Development LLC v. Kewadin Casinos Gaming Authority (W.D. Mich.):

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Update:

14-1 Gaming Authority Motion to Dismiss

19 Response

Oklahoma AG Opinion on Indian Gaming Revenues

Here:

Case page on Cherokee Nation v. Stitt here.