Legal Opinion
Fort Sill Apache Tribe v. National Indian Gaming Commission
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided May 25, 2018No. Civil Action No. 2014-0958Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ) FORT SILL APACHE TRIBE, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 14-958 (RMC) ) NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING ) COMMISSION, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ) MEMORANDUM OPINION This is a case that has become unduly complicated. It began when the Fort Sill Apache Indian Tribe (the Tribe), a federally recognized Indian Tribe, sued the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) and Jonodev Chaudhuri, in his official capacity as Acting Chairman of the NIGC, regarding the status of the Tribe’s land in Akela Flats, New Mexico. The underlying issue is the…
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