Here is the order:
Complaint and motion are here.
Indian gaming
Chukchansi Leadership Dispute Now a “Civil War”
Here.
The February 11 from the BIA is here.
Pleadings in Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians v. Tan (E.D. Cal.):
2014 02 19 Aff of R. Lewis – ENDORSED
2014 02 19 Aff of R. Rosette – ENDORSED
2014 02 19 Complaint – ENDORSED
2014 02 19 Ex Parte App – ENDORSED
Mille Lacs Effort to Pierce Money Centers Corporate Veil Partially Successful
Here are the new materials in Corporate Commission of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Indians v. Money Centers of America (D. Minn.):
258 Mlle Lacs Motion for Summary J
TIGA Informational Meeting Agenda — Jan. 17, 2014
Judge Gorton Holds Massachusetts Gaming Act Passes Constitutional Scrutiny
Here are the materials in KG Urban v. Patrick (D. Mass.):
140 Mass Gaming Commission Motion for Summary J
143 KG Urban Motion for Summary J
152 Mass Gaming Commission Opposition
153 Mass Gaming Commission Reply
News coverage here.
Prior posts in this case are here, here, here, and here. First Circuit materials are here.
Fresno Bee Article on Intertribal Gaming Market Competition in California’s San Joaquin Valley
Fletcher Paper on the Seminole Tribe and the Origins of Indian Gaming
At the invitation of Alex Pearl and the FIU Law Review to write a symposium piece on Florida Indian history and law, a challenge for me since I know very little about it, I came up with “The Seminole Tribe and the Origins of Indian Gaming.” Assuming the law review finds it publishable, it will appear in the FIU Law Review alongside the work of luminaries like Siegfriend Weissner and Sarah Krakoff.
Here is the abstract:
The Seminole Tribe of Florida has played perhaps the most important role in the origins and development of Indian gaming in the United States of any single tribe. The tribe opened the first tribally owned high stakes bingo hall in 1979. The tribe in 1981 was involved in one of the earliest lower court decisions forming the basis of the legal theory excluding most states from the regulation of high stakes bingo, a theory that Congress largely codified in the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) years later. The tribe was a party to the Supreme Court decision in 1996 that radically altered the bargaining power between tribes and states over the negotiation and regulation of casino-style gaming under IGRA. And more recently, the tribe has been a leading participant in negotiations and litigation over the regulatory landscape of Indian gaming after the 1996 decision. The Tribe is one of the most successful Indian gaming tribes in the nation.
This paper traces that history, but also offers thoughts on how the culture and traditional governance structures of the Seminole Tribe played a part in its leadership role in the arena of Indian gaming.
Massachusetts Sues Wampanoag Tribe over Gaming
Here is the complaint in Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) (Sup. Jud. Ct. — Suffolk Co.):
Jeffrey Nelson Opinion Piece on TIGA
Here (subscription required but you can sign on for free trial):
Indian law attorney Jeffrey Nelson looks at the new Tribal Internet Gaming Alliance and its impact on the tribal gaming landscape
Tribal Internet Gaming Alliance Formed
Materials here:
Press release text here:
Tribal Internet Gaming Alliance forming 25 Years After IGRA
Twenty-five years to the day after Congress enacted the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa began a new era of Indian gaming. On October 17, 2013, the Tribe’s governing body voted unanimously to ratify an inter-tribal agreement to create the Tribal Internet Gaming Alliance (TIGA). The agreement, being called an inter-tribal treaty, will organize tribes across the country to both offer and regulate internet and mobile phone gaming. Until laws change, TIGA will accept real-money wagers only from people who are physically present in the member tribes’ jurisdictions, such as patrons at tribal casinos and visitors to other tribal lands. When customers are outside of tribal jurisdiction, the games will be fun-play and will offer casino promotions. Games will be those categorized as class II under IGRA, such as slot-like bingo, traditional bingo, pull tabs, and poker. Because the games are class II, no tribal-state compacts will have to be amended.
Using this strategy, TIGA tribes will jump ahead of the online competition and get extremely valuable experience with real-money wagering before other tribes and gaming operations. The idea for TIGA began among tribes in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan. TIGA developments are now being followed by 28 tribes in 13 states.
Attached you will find: 1) a TIGA Fact Sheet; 2) a media release from the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa; and 3) a copy of the TIGA Treaty.
If you have any questions or would like to have a unique quote, please contact me. I am an Indian gaming attorney at the law firm of Kanji & Katzen, a former Senior Attorney at the National Indian Gaming Commission and a former Assistant Solicitor at the United States Department of the Interior. You may reach me by email or at (202) 261-6528.
Jeffrey Nelson, Counsel
Kanji & Katzen, PLLC
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