Legal Opinion
Mescalero Apache v. State of New Mexico
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 10, 1997No. 96-2156PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHEN H. ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.
This case began in 1992 when plaintiff and appellant, the Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, a federally-recognized Indian tribe in New Mexico, filed an action seeking to compel the State of New Mexico to negotiate in good faith to achieve a compact permitting Class III (casino-type) gaming on the Mescalero Reservation. Eventually, in 1995, the Tribe and the State entered into a compact (“Compact”) permitting such gaming, the validity of which is an issue in this case. The present appeal is from the district court’s denial of the Tribe’s motion to…
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