QUANTUM ENTERTAINMENT v. DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR

No. 12-5133.

714 F.3d 1338 (2013)

QUANTUM ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED, A New Mexico Limited Liability Company, Appellant v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 30, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles K. Purcell argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief was Nancy J. Appleby .

Matthew Littleton , Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief were William J. Lazarus , and John L. Smeltzer , Attorneys. Tamara N. Rountree , Attorney, entered an appearance.

Opinion for the Court by Circuit Judge ROGERS.


ROGERS, Circuit Judge.

This appeal involves questions of statutory retroactivity, which the court analyzes under the two-part test in Landgraf v. USI Film Products, 511 U.S. 244, 280, 114 S.Ct. 1483, 128 L.Ed.2d 229 (1994). Agreeing with the Interior Board of Indian Appeals, the district court ruled that Quantum Entertainment Limited's 1996 Management Agreement with the Santo Domingo Pueblo, a federally recognized Indian tribe...

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