United States Ninth Circuit

Judgment of the district court upholding the Secretary of the Interior's denial of the application of plaintiff Indian tribe to construct and operate a new gambling casino on its restored lands is: 1) affirmed in part, where plaintiff already operated a modest-sized casino on land that it had acquired earlier; and 2) reversed in part and remanded, where the agency did not meaningfully address plaintiff's willingness to close down its original casino once the new one was in operation.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/20/2015
• Published 01/20/2015

Judges

• Schroeder

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel