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Opinion No. Oag 5-88, (1988)

Wisconsin Attorney General Reports

Decided February 18, 1988Published

1Opinion of the Court

THOMAS LOFTUS, Chairperson Assembly Organization Committee

As Chairperson of the Assembly Committee on Organization you have requested an opinion concerning the effects of the Wisconsin constitutional amendment, which allows the state Legislature to authorize a state-operated lottery and pari-mutuel betting, on state jurisdiction over Indian gambling activities on Indian reservations in Wisconsin. The amendment to Wis. Const. art. IV, § 24 (5) provides in pertinent part:

This section shall not prohibit pari-mutuel on-track betting as provided by law. The state may not own or operate any…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. White Mountain Apache Tribe v. BrackerSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. Mescalero Apache Tribe v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. California v. Cabazon Band of Mission IndiansSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  4. DeCoteau v. District County Court for the Tenth Judicial DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  5. New Mexico v. Mescalero Apache TribeSupreme Court of the United States · 1983

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