Legal Opinion
In Re: Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa / Meskwaki Casino Litigation
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 27, 2003No. 03-2329, 03-2355, 03-2357, 03-2390, 03-2392 and 03-2393PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MELLOY, Circuit Judge.
These consolidated appeals involve the intersection of an issue that is subject to federal regulation, namely, the operation of Class III gaming on Indian lands, with an issue that is subject to tribal control, namely, the right of a limited sovereign to interpret its own constitution and select its own leaders. As to the gaming issue, we affirm the district court’s grant of a preliminary injunction enforcing a temporary closure order from the Chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission (the “NIGC”) and the district court’s dismissal of a premature challenge to the…
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