ONEIDA TRIBE OF INDIANS v. STATE OF WIS.

No. 90-3337.

951 F.2d 757 (1991)

ONEIDA TRIBE OF INDIANS OF WISCONSIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE of WISCONSIN, Tommy G. Thompson and Donald J. Hanaway, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 20, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milton Rosenberg, argued, Madison, Wis., Francis R. Skenadore, Oneida, Wis., for plaintiff-appellant.

Warren D. Weinstein, Asst. Atty. Gen., argued, Office of the Atty. Gen., Wis. Dept. of Justice, Madison, Wis., for defendants-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS, WOOD, Jr., and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

The parties are interested in the operation of games both agree are lotto. They dispute, however, just what the game of lotto is and, in particular, what game Congress intended when it used the term "lotto" in § 4(7)(A)(i) of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act ("Act"). 25 U.S.C.A. §§ 2701-2721, 2703(7)(A)(i).

The Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin ("Oneida Tribe") argues the term "lotto" as used in the Act...

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