Legal Opinion
Forest County Potawatomi Community of Wisconsin v. Norquist
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 17, 1995No. Nos. 93-3503, 94-1851 and 94-1982PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Forest County Potawatomi Community of Wisconsin (“Tribe”) is a federally recognized Indian tribe. This case involves a dispute over the rights of the Tribe to operate video gaming machines, a Class III gaming activity, at the Tribe’s Potawatomi Bingo facility located on Menomonee Valley land in the city of Milwaukee.
The Menomonee Valley land was purchased in July 1990 from the Milwaukee Redevelopment Authority by the United States to be held in trust for the benefit of the plaintiff Tribe. The land was acquired as a site for the Tribe’s proposed high-stakes…
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3Cited by3 opinions
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