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PENOBSCOT NATION v. STILPHEN

461 A.2d 478 (1983)

PENOBSCOT NATION v. Arthur STILPHEN and James E. Tierney.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided June 7, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas N. Tureen (orally), Neil T. Leifer, Portland, for plaintiff.

William H. Laubenstein, III (orally), William R. Stokes, Andre Janelle, Asst. Attys. Gen., Augusta, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and GODFREY, NICHOLS, ROBERTS, CARTER and WATHEN, JJ.

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

For approximately six years the Penobscot Nation has been operating weekly beano games, as defined by 17 M.R.S.A. § 311(1) (1983), on the Penobscot Indian Reservation. The games are usually held on Sundays and are open to members of the general public at prices ranging up to $45 per person. An individual prize of as large as $25,000 has been awarded in a single "Super Bingo" game. The weekly...

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