Legal Opinion
Miami Tribe of Oklahoma v. United States
District Court, D. Kansas
Decided April 10, 1996No. 95-2205-JWLPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
LUNGSTRUM, District Judge.
On January 30, 1995, the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) disapproved a class II gaming management contract between plaintiff Miami Tribe of Oklahoma and Butler National Service Corporation. The disapproval was affirmed on April 4, 1995 and supplemented on June 9, 1995. In support of its disapproval, the NIGC cited an opinion obtained from the Department of the Interior that the land encompassed by the management contract is not “Indian land” as defined by 25 U.S.C. § 2703(4). Plaintiff then petitioned this court for review of the agency’s…
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