United States Tenth Circuit

Electronic bingo machines allowing for multiple winners are not Class II gaming devices under the the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 25 USC 2701-2721, and are not illegal gambling devices under the Johnson Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/31/2000
• Published 10/31/2000

Judges

• BRORBY, Circuit Judge., Before BRORBY, McKAY, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Sean Connelly (Stephen C. Lewis, United States Attorney;  Catherine J. Depew, Assistant United States Attorney, Northern District of Oklahoma, Tulsa, Oklahoma, with him on the briefs), United States Department of Justice, Denver, Colorado, for Plaintiff-Appellant., Neal Leader, Senior Assistant Attorney General for the State of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on the brief for Amicus Curiae State of Oklahoma;  Gary S. Pitchlynn of Pitchlynn, Morse, Ritter & Morse, Norman, Oklahoma, for Amicus Curiae The Cheyenne and Arapaho Gaming Commission;  Bob Rabon of Rabon, Wolf & Rabon, Hugo, Oklahoma, and John Tahsuda, General Counsel, National Indian Gaming Association, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae National Indian Gaming Association, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, and Chickasaw Nation.


• For Appellees:
  
• Tony M. Graham of Feldman, Hall, Franden, Woodard & Farris, Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Jess Green, Seneca Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma, Ada, Oklahoma (Graydon Dean Luthey, Jr. of Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for MultiMedia Games, Inc.;  John G. Ghostbear, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma;  Layn R. Phillips, Gregory R. Smith, and Theodore H. Frank of Irell & Manella LLP, Los Angeles, California, with them on the brief), for Claimants-Appellees.