Legal Opinion
Confederated Tribes & Bands of Yakama Indian Nation v. Locke
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 6, 1999No. 97-35314PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CANBY, Circuit Judge:
This appeal attempts to raise the question whether the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (“IGRA”), 25 U.S.C. §§ 2701-21, provides an avenue by which an Indian tribe may exclude a state lottery from its reservation. We do not reach that question, however, because we conclude that the Eleventh Amendment renders the defendants, the State of Washington and its governor, immune from this suit in federal court without their consent.
BACKGROUND
The Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Indian Nation (“the Tribe”) brought this action in the district court against the State of…
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