Legal Opinion
Fort Sill Apache Tribe v. Nat'l Indian Gaming Comm'n
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 28, 2018No. Civil Action No. 14-958 (RMC)PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSEMARY M. COLLYER, United States District Judge
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 Commission remains privileged and confidential, which bars the Fort Sill Apache Tribe, whose lands are the subject matter of the letter, from reviewing or appreciably contesting it.
The government asserts that the December 9, 2016 letter (Solicitor's…
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