Legal Opinion
Laura Baird v. Gale A. Norton, in Her Official Capacity as Secretary of the Interior, and United States Department of the Interior
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 14, 2001No. 99-1822PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J., joined by Clay, J.,
RICE, District Judge, (pp. 413-17), delivered a separate opinion concurring in the judgment.
OPINION
MOORE, Circuit Judge.
Michigan state legislators Laura Baird and Gary Peters challenge former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt’s approval of gaming compacts between the State of Michigan and four Indian tribes. Baird, a member of the Michigan House of Representatives, and Peters, a Michigan state senator, brought suit seeking a declaration that the gaming compacts are invalid and an order directing the secretary to disapprove them.1 Baird and Peters argue that the compacts approved by Babbitt…
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