Federal Court Rejects Texas’ Effort to Stop Alabama-Coushatta Bingo

Here are the materials in State of Texas v. Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas (E.D. Tex.):

160 Texas Motion for Contempt

161 Tribe Response

162 Reply

163 Surreply

193 Magistrate Order

Prior post here.

Alabama-Coushatta Tribe Cert Petition in Gaming Matter

Here is the petition in Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas v. Texas:

alabama-coushatta-tribe-of-texas-cert-petition.pdf

Questions presented:

Whether IGRA authorizes gaming on tribal lands previously governed by trust statutes that prohibited gaming, as the National Indian Gaming Commission, the Department of the Interior, and the First Circuit have concluded, or not, as the Fifth Circuit has held.

Lower court materials here.

UPDATE:

ncai-amicus-brief.pdf

ysleta-amicus-curiae-brief.pdf

texas-bio.pdf

Fifth Circuit Rules in Favor of Texas over Alabama-Coushatta Tribe on Gaming

Here is the opinion in State of Texas v. Alabama-Coushatta Tribe.

Briefs and lower court materials here.

Fifth Circuit Briefs in State of Texas v. Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas

Here:

Alabama-Coushatta Tribe Brief

Amicus Brief Supporting Tribe

Texas Brief

Lower court materials here.