SAULT STE. MARIE TRIBE v. STATE OF MICH.

No. 92-1683.

5 F.3d 147 (1993)

SAULT STE. MARIE TRIBE OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians; Keweenaw Bay Indian Community; Hannahville Indian Community; Bay Mills Indian Community; and Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STATE of MICHIGAN, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided September 15, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel T. Green (briefed), Sault Ste. Marie, MI, Bruce R. Greene (argued and briefed), Boulder, CO, for Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians.

William Rastetter, Cedar, MI, John F. Petoskey, Suttons Bay, MI, for Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians.

Joseph P. O'Leary, Baraga, MI, for Keweenaw Bay Indian Community.

Dawn S. Duncan, Hannahville Indian Community, Wilson, MI, John M. Peebles, Peebles & Evans, Omaha, NE, for Hannahville Indian Community.

Anthony E. Andary, Andary & Andary, Sault Ste. Marie, MI, for Bay Mills Indian Community.

Elizabeth A. Paczesny, Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Watersmeet, MI, for Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians.

Nelson W. Westrin, Office of the Atty. Gen., Finance & Development, Keith D. Roberts, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued and briefed), Lansing, MI, for state of Mich.

Hans Walker, Jr. (briefed), Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Wilder, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae National Indian Gaming Ass'n.

Thomas F. Gede (briefed), Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Sacramento, CA, for amicus curiae state of Cal.

Before: NELSON and SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judges; and CELEBREZZE, Senior Circuit Judge.


SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judge.

In this interlocutory appeal brought under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA), 25 U.S.C. §§ 2701-2721, plaintiffs Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Hannahville Indian Community, Bay Mills Indian Community, and Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians challenge the district court's order dismissing their suit against...

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