DIAMOND GAME ENTERPRISES, INC. v. RENO

Civil Action No. 97-CV-452(RMU).

9 F.Supp.2d 13 (1998)

DIAMOND GAME ENTERPRISES, INC., Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas, Plaintiffs, The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma Gaming Commission, on behalf of The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma, Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. Janet RENO, Attorney General of the United States, et al., Defendants, The State of Alabama, The State of California, and The State of Florida, Defendant-Intervenors.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

June 23, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Pryor, Jr., Alabama Office of the Attorney General, Montgomery, AL, Munford Page Hall, II, Dorsey & Whitney, L.L.P., Washington, DC, James E. Townsend, Thomas J. Peckham, Dorsey & Whitney, L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN, Lee Bergen, Nordhaus, Haltom, Taylor, Albuquerque, NM, Stephen A. Lenske, Lenske & Abramsom, Woodland Hills, CA, for Plaintiffs.

William H. Pryor, Jr., Alabama Office of the Attorney General, Montgomery, AL, Munford Page Hall, II, Dorsey & Whitney, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Intervenors.

William H. Pryor, Jr., Alabama Office of the Attorney General, Montgomery, AL, Edward J. Passarelli, Michael Kerry Martin, Lewis Steven Weiner, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Div., Washington, DC, for Defendants.

William H. Pryor, Jr., Carol Jean Smith, Alabama Office of the Attorney General, Montgomery, AL, Jonathan A. Glogau, Office of the Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, Manuel Michael Medeiros, Office of the Attorney General, Sacramento, CA, Robert A. Butterwick, Office of the Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, for Defendant-Intervenors.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

URBINA, District Judge.

I. Introduction

The plaintiffs1 bring suit seeking declaratory judgment and injunctive relief to prevent the defendants2 from commencing forfeiture proceedings on gaming devices used in Indian gaming casinos. Specifically, the plaintiffs seek an order declaring that the Lucky Tab II machine is a Class II electronic aid which, under the Indian...

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