Legal Opinion
Navajo Nation v. Dalley
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 24, 2018No. 16-2205PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLMES, Circuit Judge.
*1200 The Appellants, the Navajo Nation and its wholly-owned government enterprise the Northern Edge Navajo Casino (together, the "Tribe" or "Nation"), entered into a state-tribal gaming compact with New Mexico under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act ("IGRA"), 25 U.S.C. §§ 2701 - 2721. The Tribe agreed not only to waive its sovereign immunity for personal-injury lawsuits brought by visitors to its on-reservation gaming facilities, but also to permit state courts to take jurisdiction over such claims. Harold and Michelle McNeal (the "McNeals") are plaintiffs in just such a…
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