United States Eighth Circuit
Nebraska v. US Dep't of Interior, 09-1657
In an appeal from the district court's reversal of the National Indian Gaming Commission's decision concluding that the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska's five-acre parcel in Carter Lake, Iowa, was eligible for gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act as land taken into trust as part of "the restoration of lands for an Indian tribe that is restored to Federal recognition" pursuant to 25 U.S.C. section 2719(b)(1)(B)(iii), the order is vacated where: 1) the district court erred in concluding the Department of Interior (DOI) had already made a "restored lands" determination; and 2) the record was inadequate to make a conclusive determination as to the Corrected Notice of Intent To Take Land In Trust's validity as an agreement and its legal effect.
Appellate Information
- Decided 10/19/2010
- Published 10/19/2010
Judges
- Lavenski B. Smith
Court
- United States Eighth Circuit