LAC VIEUX DESERT BAND OF LAKE SUPERIOR CHIPPEWA INDIANS, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
The MICHIGAN GAMING CONTROL BOARD, et al., Defendants-Appellees,
Atwater Entertainment Associates, L.L.C.; Greektown Casino, L.L.C.; State of Michigan; Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General ex rel the People of the State of Michigan, Intervenors-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued December 9, 1998.
Decided April 12, 1999.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
John M. Peebles (briefed), Conly J. Schulte (briefed), Monteau, Peebles & Evans, Omaha, Nebraska, G. Michael Fenner (argued and briefed), Creighton University School Of Law, Omaha, Nebraska, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
John M. Cahill (argued and briefed), Assistant Attorney General, Casino Control Division, Lansing, Michigan, for Defendants-Appellees Michigan Gaming Control Board, Thomas Denomme, Michael Stacey, Paula Blanchard.
Morley Witus (briefed), Barris, Sott, Denn & Driker, Detroit, Michigan, for Defendant-Appellee City of Detroit.
John D. Pirich (argued and briefed), John S. Kane, Honigman, Miller, Schwartz & Cohn, Lansing, Michigan, for Intervenor-Appellee Atwater Entertainment Associates, L.L.C.
Bruce R. Greene (briefed), Greene, Meyer & McElroy, Boulder, Colorado, for Intervenor-Appellee Greektown Casino, L.L.C.
Thomas R. Wheeker (briefed), Office of the Attorney General, Tort Defense Division, Lansing, Michigan, for Intervenor-Appellee Frank J. Kelley.
Before: NELSON, SILER, and DAUGHTREY, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
DAUGHTREY, Circuit Judge.
The Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians brought this action, challenging a Michigan state statute and a Detroit city ordinance that govern the development and regulation of casino gambling in Detroit. The plaintiff asserts that both the statute and the ordinance award an unconstitutional preference in the development of casino gambling to two particular parties, Atwater Entertainment...
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