United States DC Circuit

In case where Indian casino, located on petitioner's reservation, employs many non-Indians and caters primarily to non-Indians, respondent board may apply the National Labor Relations Act to employment at the casino.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/06/2006
• Decided 02/09/2007
• Published 02/09/2007

Judges

• Before:  GARLAND and BROWN, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jerome L. Levine argued the cause for petitioners.   With him on the briefs were Lynn E. Calkins, Frank R. Lawrence, and Todd D. Steenson., John H. Dossett, Charles A. Hobbs, Seth P. Waxman, Edward C. DuMont, Richard A. Guest, George Forman, Dale T. White, Kaighn Smith, Jr., and C. Bryant Rogers were on the brief for amici Indian Tribes and Tribal Organizations in support of petitioner and reversal of the NLRB's judgment., Richard G. McCracken argued the cause and filed the brief for intervenor Unite Here! International Union., Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General, Attorney General's Office for the State of Connecticut, and Richard T. Sponzo, Assistant Attorney General, were on the brief for intervenor State of Connecticut.


• For Appellees:
  
• David A. Fleischer, Senior Attorney, National Labor Relations Board, argued the cause for respondent.   With him on the brief were Ronald E. Meisburg, General Counsel, John H. Ferguson, Associate General Counsel, Aileen A. Armstrong, Deputy Associate General Counsel, and Meredith L. Jason, Attorney.