Legal Opinion
Florida v. Seminole Tribe of Florida
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 20, 1999No. 97-5361PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
This case, which involves alleged class III tribal gaming activity as defined by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (“IGRA”), 1 demonstrates the continuing vitality of the venerable maxim thát turnabout is fair play. In 1994, we held that the principle of state sovereign immunity embodied in the Eleventh Amendment barred the Seminole Tribe of Florida (“the Tribe”) from suing the State of Florida under 25 U.S.C. § 2710(d)(7)(A)(i) (1994) for the State’s alleged failure to negotiate in good faith regarding the formation of a Tribal-State compact to regulate class III…
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- Cannon v. University of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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