SHAKOPEE MDEWAKANTON SIOUX COMMUNITY v. HOPE

Nos. Civ. 4-92-343, 4-92-482.

798 F.Supp. 1399 (1992)

SHAKOPEE MDEWAKANTON SIOUX COMMUNITY, a federally recognized Indian Tribe, Little Six, Inc., a corporation chartered by the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, Plaintiffs, v. Anthony J. HOPE, in his capacity as Chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission, Jana McKeag, in her capacity as Commissioner on the National Indian Gaming Commission, National Indian Gaming Commission, a commission established within the United States Department of the Interior, Defendants. The LOWER SIOUX INDIAN COMMUNITY IN MINNESOTA, Plaintiff, v. NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISSION, William Barr, Attorney General of the United States, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota, Fourth Division.

As Modified August 11, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Keppel, James E. Townsend, Steven M. Christenson, Dorsey & Whitney, Minneapolis, Minn., Kurt Van BlueDog, BlueDog Law Office, Bloomington, Minn., for plaintiffs Shakopee Mdwakanton Sioux Community and Little Six, Inc.

John E. Jacobson, Jacobson, Buffalo & Schoessler, Minneapolis, Minn., for plaintiff The Lower Sioux Indian Community in Minnesota.

Thomas B. Heffelfinger, U.S. Atty., and Robert M. Small, Asst. U.S. Atty., Minneapolis, Minn., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MacLAUGHLIN, Chief Judge.

These related matters are before the Court on cross-motions for summary judgment. Defendants' motions will be granted; plaintiffs' motions will be denied.

FACTS

Plaintiffs Lower Sioux Indian Community and Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community are federally recognized Indian tribes; plaintiff Little Six, Inc. is a tribally chartered corporation created and wholly owned by the Shakopee Mdewakanton...

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