Legal Opinion
Seminole Tribe v. Butterworth
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 5, 1981No. 80-5496PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:
This appeal involves a question arising under Public Law 280, the federal law permitting states to exercise civil and criminal jurisdiction over the Indian tribes. All parties agree that the case turns on the determination of whether Florida Statute Section 849.093 — which permits bingo games to be played by certain qualified organizations subject to restrictions by the state — is civil/regulatory or criminal/prohibitory in nature. If the statute is civil/regulatory within the meaning of Bryan v. Itasca County, 426 U.S. 373, 96 S.Ct. 2102, 48 L.Ed.2d 710 (1976),…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Washington v. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian ReservationSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Bryan v. Itasca CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Santa Rosa Band of Indians v. Kings CountyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. FarrisCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- D. H. Overmyer Co. v. LoflinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Mashantucket Pequot Tribe v. State of Connecticut and William A. O'neill, Governor of the State of ConnecticutCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
- Seminole Tribe Of Florida v. ButterworthCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Wisconsin Winnebago Business Committee, Cross-Appellant v. John P. Koberstein & Ho-Chunk Management Corporation, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- West India Industries, Inc. v. Tradex, Tradex Petroleum ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Florida v. Seminole Tribe of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1999
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