RITA, INC. v. FLANDREAU SANTEE SIOUX TRIBE

Civ. No. 92-4136.

798 F.Supp. 586 (1992)

RITA, INC., Plaintiff, v. FLANDREAU SANTEE SIOUX TRIBE; William Schumacher; George Allen, Jr.; Gordon E. Jones, Jr.; Cheryl Red-earth and Joann Sundermeyer, as Members of the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribal Council, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. South Dakota, S.D.

September 4, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. Butler, Daniel F. Duffy, Rapid City, S.D., for plaintiff.

Kurt Bluedog, Bloomington, Minn., Albert C. Jones, Tribal Atty., Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe, Flandreau, S.D., for defendants.

Michael Abourezk, Gregory, S.D., for applicant-intervenors.


JOHN B. JONES, Chief Judge.

The parties entered into a Management Agreement for the conduct of Class III gaming on the defendant's reservation on March 7, 1991. Pursuant to the agreement, plaintiff made a cash payment to the defendant and purchased the gaming assets of a prior casino management company.

Following a change in tribal government, plaintiff was advised that because the agreement had not been approved by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, plaintiff...

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