FEEZOR v. BABBITT

Civil Action No. 96-1678 (JR).

953 F.Supp. 1 (1996)

Winifred S. FEEZOR, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Bruce BABBITT, Secretary, Department of the Interior, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

December 20, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Cohen, Law Offices of James H. Cohen, P.C., Minneapolis, MN, for Plaintiffs.

Silvia Sepulveda-Hambor, U.S. Department of Justice, Environmental & Natural Resources Division, General Litigation Section, Washington, DC, for Defendants.

Thomas Collier, Jr., Steptoe & Johnson, LLP, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae.


MEMORANDUM

ROBERTSON, District Judge.

The Shakopee Mdewankanton Sioux Community operates a lucrative gaming enterprise in Prior Lake, Minnesota. The Community is divided by a dispute about how the proceeds of that enterprise are to be shared. In 1993, the Community enacted an ordinance providing for the adoption of new members. The effect of that ordinance was substantial dilution of each Community member's share of the gaming proceeds. In this action...

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