Fort Sill Apache Tribe v. National Indian Gaming Commission

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA __________________________________ ) FORT SILL APACHE TRIBE, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 14-958 (RMC) ) NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING ) COMMISSION, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) _________________________________ ) MEMORANDUM OPINION This opinion will bore all but the litigating parties because it must recall so much of the procedural history of the case. In sum, the present question is whether the December 9, 2016 letter from the Solicitor of the Department of the Interior to the General Counsel of the National Indian Gaming…