United States Ninth Circuit
State of Idaho v. Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, 04-35636
Summary judgment for Indian tribes in a declaratory judgment action regarding the types of games they may offer pursuant to their tribal-state gaming Compact with Idaho is affirmed where the trial court correctly ruled that the tribes could operate tribal video gaming machines without renegotiating their Compact to limit the numbers of games and to require payments by the tribes to local educational programs and schools.
Appellate Information
- Argued 04/05/2006
- Decided 10/11/2006
- Published 10/11/2006
Judges
- CANBY, Circuit Judge:, Before: CANBY, GOULD, and BEA, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Michael S. Gilmore, Deputy Attorney General, Boise, ID, for the defendants-cross-plaintiffs-appellants., Scott D. Crowell, Kirkland, WA, for the plaintiff-cross-defendants-appellees.