Legal Opinion
United States v. Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 2, 1990No. 89-5426PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
In the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 25 U.S.C.A. §§ 2701-2721 (West Supp.1989), Congress utilizes differing degrees of federal, state, and tribal involvement to regulate gaming conducted on Indian lands. The Act seeks to shield these gaming operations from organized crime and other corrupting influences. On appeal, the Sisse-ton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe argues that its blackjack enterprise need not comply with South Dakota law on wager limits and other gaming requirements because it is covered by a grandfather provision of the Act, 25 U.S.C.A. § 2703(7)(C), which…
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