UNITED STATES v. DAKOTA

No. 85-1568.

796 F.2d 186 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America; State of Michigan, Plaintiffs, United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Frederick DAKOTA; Sybil Dakota; the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided July 18, 1986.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 4, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hunter H. Watson, Laurium, Mich., Garfield W. Hood, L'Anse, Mich., Douglas B.L. Endreson (argued), Sonosky, Chambers & Sachse, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellants.

John A. Smietanka, U.S. Atty., Grand Rapids, Mich., Daniel M. LaVille, Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued), for plaintiffs.

Louis J. Caruso, Sol. Gen., State of Mich., for amicus curiae.

Before KENNEDY and MILBURN, Circuit Judges, and JOINER, Senior District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 4, 1986.

MILBURN, Circuit Judge.

Defendants Frederick and Sybil Dakota ("the Dakotas") and the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community ("KBIC" or "the Tribe") appeal from the judgment of the district court granting the United States' request for declaratory and injunctive relief prohibiting, as a violation of federal law, the commercial casino gambling operations conducted by the Dakotas on land under the control of the...

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