Legal Opinion
Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma v. Oklahoma
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided September 2, 1994No. Nos. 92-6331, 93-2018, 93-2020 and 93-3110PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EBEL, Circuit Judge.
These appeals arise from the desire of four Indian tribes to develop gaming operations on their lands pursuant to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (“IGRA”), 25 U.S.C. § 2701, et seq.1 In the wake of failed negotiations to craft tribal-state compacts with Kansas, New *1425Mexico, and Oklahoma — the states in which the gaming would be situated — the tribes seek an injunction under IGRA requiring the states to negotiate compacts. We consider first, whether IGRA abrogates the states’ Eleventh Amendment immunity, and second, whether IGRA violates the Tenth Amendment. Because the…
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