United States Eighth Circuit
GAMING WORLD INT'L, LTD. v. WHITE EARTH BAND OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS, 01-3040
District court had jurisdiction over a petition seeking a declaratory judgment concerning a gaming contract between a casino operator and an Indian tribe since the court had to interpret federal statutes, but it erred by compelling arbitration of the dispute instead of staying the federal litigation in order to exhaust tribal court remedies first.
Appellate Information
- Decided 01/24/2003
- Published 01/24/2003
Judges
- MURPHY, Circuit Judge., Before LOKEN, HEANEY, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Eighth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Zenas Baer, argued, Hawley, MN, for appellant.
- For Appellees:
- H. Morrison Keshner, argued, Fergus Falls, for appellee.