Ho-Chunk Nation has filed a cert petition in its dispute over revenue sharing with the State of Wisconsin.
Here is the petition — hcn-cert-petition
Here is the docket site — No. 07-1402.
Here are the rest of the materials — CA7 opinion and some briefs — rest of the materials.
SCOTUSBlog isn’t taking any chances with Indian law now.
The Kickapoo v. Texas petition is on its watch list for the May 29, 2008 conference (here).
Docket: 07-1109
Case name: Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas v. Texas, et al.
Issue: Whether, following Seminole Tribe v. Florida (1996), the Secretary of the Interior may establish procedures for Indian [...]
From Indianz:
The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians is facing pressure to make sure its commercial casino in Detroit complies with state law.
The tribe has fallen behind on construction of a permanent Greektown Casino. Revenues have dropped and the facility’s debt-to-earnings ratio isn’t meeting state requirements. In hopes of resolving the [...]
From the AP:
DETROIT (AP) — If smoking is banned in Detroit bars, restaurants and workplaces, Betty Gilbert says it will hurt the city’s casinos.
Gilbert, who was smoking a cigarette Friday with members of her bowling team on a sidewalk near Greektown Casino downtown, should know. The 69-year-old from Cape May County, N.J. — who said [...]
From ICT:
The federal government’s recent actions involving its authority to make decisions on acquiring land in trust for tribal gaming purposes may inadvertently threaten the authority and duty of the secretary of the Interior Department to take land into trust for Indian tribes.
On April 29, the D.C. Circuit decided an innocuous case involving the secretary [...]
The case is In Re DeCora. It involves a Ho-Chunk member declaring bankruptcy and whether the Ho-Chunk Nation Bank’s interest in the member’s per cap proceeds were secured. The opinion is a little entertaining, beginning with a reference to Frank Zappa:
Musician and satirist Frank Zappa once quipped that “Communism doesn’t work because people like to [...]
From the GR Press:
LANSING — Legislative opponents of a Wayland Township casino may be ready to fold their cards after last week’s federal appeals court ruling in favor of the Gun Lake tribe.
Republicans who control the state Senate will meet this week to discuss whether to continue their block on a gaming compact between the [...]
From the Detroit News (H/T Indianz):
Owners of the Greektown Casino may sidestep a potential state-ordered sale after a group of suburban businessmen announced Tuesday it will invest $100 million in the struggling downtown Detroit gambling operation.
The casino’s owners, Greektown Holdings LLC, already had missed an April deadline from the state to bring its financial performance [...]
I spoke to the author of this news article yesterday. He quotes me as making yet another prediction on whether the Court will grant cert as being “zero,” but what I thought I said was that MichGo’s chances of getting a stay is close to zero. I did say that I think a plausible Section [...]
The case, reported on Indianz (here), is Rincon Band v. Schwarzeneggar. Here are the materials:
first-amended-complaint-rincon-v-schwarzenegger
rincon-motion-for-summary-judgment
california-motion-for-summary-judgment
magistrate-judge-order-rincon-v-schwarzeneggar
