Legal Opinion
Fort Sill Apache Tribe v. Nat'l Indian Gaming Comm'n
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 25, 2018No. Civil Action No. 14–958 (RMC)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSEMARY M. COLLYER, United States District Judge
This is a case that has become unduly complicated. It began when the Fort Sill Apache Indian Tribe (the Tribe), a federally recognized Indian Tribe, sued the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) and Jonodev Chaudhuri, in his official capacity as Acting Chairman of the NIGC, regarding the status of the Tribe's land in Akela Flats, New Mexico. The underlying issue is the Tribe's desire to operate a casino and the 2015 Decision and Order of NIGC that the Tribe is not eligible to do so.
After some initial skirmishing, the parties asked to stay…
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