Federal Court Dismisses Jamul Action Committee Challenge under Rule 19 (with leave to amend)

Here are the materials in Jamul Action Committee v. Stevens (E.D. Cal.):

21 Federal Motion to Dismiss

22 Jamul Indian Village Motion to Fiile Amicus Brief

22-1 Jamul Indian Village Motion to Dismiss

30 Jamul Action Committee Response to Jamul Indian Village

31 Jamul Action Committee Response to Feds

34 Jamul Indian Village Reply in Support of Amicus Motion

36 Jamul Indian Village Reply in Support of Motion to Dismiss

37 Federal Reply

42-1 Jamul Action Committee Motion to Amend Complaint

50 DCT Order

We posted the complaint here.

California Next to Legalize Online Poker?

The California Legislature has till the end of August 2014 to decide on two bills that would regulate online poker. Both bills are backed by different interest groups, including various tribes. The bills are AB 2291 and SB 1366.

Additionally, the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel, CA is moving forward on an online poker site with the intention of adding real money play soon.  This will be an interesting development to keep an eye on and could help set the legal landscape for future tribal online gaming.

Check out this brief blog post on the Iipay Nation’s online poker site: Here

Witness List and Written Testimony in July 23 SCIA Hearing on Indian Gaming

Here:

Witnesses:

The Honorable Paul A. Gosar
Representative-United States House of Representatives

The Honorable Raul M. Grijalva
Representative-United States House of Representatives

Panel 1

The Honorable Kevin Washburn
Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs-United States Department of the Interior
View Testimony

Mr. Jonodev Osceola Chaudhuri
Vice Chairman-National Indian Gaming Commission
View Testimony

Ms. Anne-Marie Fennell
Director-Natural Resources and Environment-United States Government Accountability Office
View Testimony

Panel 2

The Honorable A.T. Stafne
Representative-United States House of Representatives
View Testimony

The Honorable Michell Hicks
Principal Chief-Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
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Mr. Ernest L. Stevens, Jr.
Chairman-National Indian Gaming Association
View Testimony

Panel 3

The Honorable Diane Enos
Chairman-Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation
View Testimony

The Honorable Ned Norris, Jr.
Chairman-Tohono O’odham Nation of Arizona
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The Honorable Jerry Weiers
Mayor-City of Glendale
View Testimony

Federal Court Enjoins Ho-Chunk Poker as a Class III Game

Here are the materials in State of Wisconsin v. Ho-Chunk Nation (W.D. Wis.):

25 HCN Brief

22 Wisconsin Brief

29 Wisconsin Response Brief

32 Ho-Chunk Response Brief

35 DCT Order

An excerpt:

The state of Wisconsin has brought this case to enjoin defendant Ho–Chunk Nation from offering electronic poker at Ho–Chunk Gaming Madison (formerly DeJope), the Ho–Chunk Nation’s gaming facility in Madison, Wisconsin. The question raised in the parties’ cross motions for summary judgment is whether Ho–Chunk Nation’s poker game violates a compact with the state. The answer to that question turns on whether electronic poker qualifies as a “class II” or “class III” game under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. Class III games are prohibited by the compact except under certain conditions not present in this case, but class II games are permitted. Because I conclude that Ho–Chunk Nation’s electronic poker game is a class III game, I am granting the state’s motion for summary judgment and denying Ho–Chunk Nation’s motion.

Michigan’s Response to Sault Tribe Renewed Motion to Dismiss

Here are updated materials in State of Michigan v. Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians (W.D. Mich.):

53-1 Michigan Motion to Revise DCT Order Dismissing Tribal Officials

55 Michigan Response to Motion to Dismiss

Sault Tribe’s motion is here.

Tenth Circuit Supplemental Briefs in Oklahoma v. Hobia re: Bay Mills Decision

Here:

Oklahoma Supplemental Brief re Bay Mills

Tribal Supplemental Brief re Bay Mills

The Tenth Circuit previously abated this matter pending the outcome in Michigan v. Bay Mills.

Opening Eleventh Circuit Briefs in Alabama v. PCI Gaming

Here:

Alabama Opening Brief

State of Michigan et al. Amicus Brief

Lower court materials here.

Update in Stand Up for California v. Jewell

Here:

85 Motion to Supplement Admin Record

89 US Opposition

92 Reply re Motion to Supplement

Prior post here.

Update in City of Duluth v. NIGC

Here is Duluth’s motion for summary judgment:

25 Duluth Motion for Summary J

Prior materials here.

New Student Scholarship on Off-Reservation Gaming

The UNLV Gaming Law Journal has published “Fencing the Buffalo: Off-Reservation Gaming and Possible Amendments to Section 20 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act” (PDF).