KEWEENAW BAY INDIAN COMMUNITY v. U.S.

No. 2:94-CV-262.

914 F.Supp. 1496 (1996)

KEWEENAW BAY INDIAN COMMUNITY, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, U.S. Department of the Interior, and U.S. Department of Justice, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Michigan, Northern Division.

February 5, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph P. O'Leary, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Tribal Center, Baraga, MI, Konrad D. Kohl, Kohn, Harris & Peters, PC, Metamora, MI, for plaintiff.

Edward J. Passarelli, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources, Division-General Litigation Sec., Washington, D.C., for defendants.


OPINION

McKEAGUE, District Judge.

This case presents the questions of whether the tribal-state compact between Keweenaw Bay Indian Community and the State of Michigan permits class III gaming on a particular tract of land in Marquette County, Michigan, and whether § 2719 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 25 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq., applies to class III gaming on Indian lands when a tribal-state compact authorizing such gaming exists. Presently...

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