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LANGLEY v. EDWARDS

Civ. A. No. 94-1953.

872 F.Supp. 1531 (1995)

Bertney LANGLEY; Leroy Sylestine; Sam Thompson; Johnson Williams; Leola Sylestine; and Laura Thompson v. Edwin W. EDWARDS, Governor for the State of Louisiana; the United States Department of the Interior; and Harold Monteau, Chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission.

United States District Court, W.D. Louisiana, Lake Charles Division.

January 3, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Arthur Smith, III, Baton Rouge, LA, for plaintiffs.

Constance A. Koury, Baton Rouge, LA, Edward Passarelli, Washington, DC, Carl E. Perry, Lafayette, LA, and Robert Dampf, Lake Charles, LA, for defendants.

MEMORANDUM RULING

EDWIN F. HUNTER, Jr., Senior District Judge.

This litigation involves the effort of dissident members of the Coushatta Tribe to prevent casino gaming on lands held in trust for the tribe by the United States.1 On October 29, 1994, the Governor of Louisiana entered into a Tribal-State Compact with the Coushatta Tribe, a prerequisite to lawful gambling under...

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