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Sokaogon Chippewa Community v. Babbitt

District Court, W.D. Wisconsin

Decided June 11, 1996No. 95-C-659-CPublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

CRABB, District Judge.

Plaintiffs are three Chippewa Indian tribes that applied to the Department of the Interior in October 1993, asking the United States to acquire in trust a greyhound racing facility in Hudson, Wisconsin for conversion into an off-reservation casino. The department denied plaintiffs’ application after nearly two years of deliberations at the local and national levels. Plaintiffs responded by filing this civil action challenging the department’s decision, alleging that improper political pressure from high-level congressional and executive branch officials…

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. VolpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Camp v. PittsSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. Florida Power & Light Co. v. LorionSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. United States v. Chemical Foundation, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
  5. United States v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1941

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. In Re Water Use Permit ApplicationsHawaii Supreme Court · 2000
  2. Cobell v. BabbittDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1999
  3. Stand Up for California! v. U.S. Department of the InteriorDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2013
  4. Miami Nation of Indians of Indiana v. BabbittDistrict Court, N.D. Indiana · 1996
  5. Sokaogon Chippewa Community v. BabbittDistrict Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 1997

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