Legal Opinion

Ferguson v. SMSC Gaming Enterprise

District Court, D. Minnesota

Decided February 15, 2007No. 06-CV-3743(JMR/FLN)PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

ROSENBAUM, District Judge.

Defendants move to dismiss this action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under Rule 12(b)(1). For the following reasons, the motion is granted.

I. Background 1

Plaintiff, an African-American man, worked as a security shift manager at Mystic Lake Casino. Mystic Lake Casino is operated by defendant SMSC Gaming Enterprise (the “Gaming Enterprise”). The Gaming Enterprise is a government branch of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux (Dakota) Community of Minnesota, a federally recognized Indian tribe. Defendant David Whitley was plaintiffs supervisor.

In May, 2006,…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Kentucky v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. Morton v. MancariSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. Larson v. Domestic and Foreign Commerce Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
  4. Santa Clara Pueblo v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  5. Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma v. Manufacturing Technologies, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1998

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3Cited by3 opinions

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  3. Stathis v. Marty Indian School Board Inc.District Court, D. South Dakota · 2021

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