Legal Opinion
Nebraska Ex Rel. Bruning v. United States Department of Interior
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 19, 2010No. 09-1657PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
The United States Department of the Interior (DOI) and National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) appeal from the district court’s judgment reversing and vacating the NIGC’s decision concluding that the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska’s (“the Tribe”) five-acre parcel in Carter Lake, Iowa, was eligible for gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) as land taken into trust as part of “the restoration of lands for an Indian tribe that is restored to Federal recognition” pursuant to 25 U.S.C. § 2719(b)(l)(B)(iii) (“the restored lands exception”). In reaching its decision,…
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