GRAND TRAVERSE BAND OF OTTAWA & CHIPPEWA v. U.S.

No. 1:96-cv-466.

46 F.Supp.2d 689 (1999)

GRAND TRAVERSE BAND OF OTTAWA AND CHIPPEWA INDIANS, Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant, v. UNITED STATES ATTORNEY FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN, Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff, and State of Michigan, Intervenor.

United States District Court, W.D. Michigan, Southern Division.

March 18, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel P. Rogan, Vernie C. Durocher, Dorsey & Whitney, Minneapolis, MN, William Rastetter, Cedar, MI, John F. Petoskey, Suttons Bay, MI, for Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians.

Edith A. Landman, Asst. U.S. Attorney, Jeffery J. Davis, Michael H. Dettmer, United States Attorney, Grand Rapids, MI, Michael Hayes Dettmer, U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Grand Rapids, MI, for Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan.

Keith D. Roberts, Asst. Atty. General, Jennifer M. Granholm, Attorney General, Lottery & Racing Division, Lansing, MI, for State of Michigan.


OPINION

HILLMAN, Senior District Judge.

This is an action filed by the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians ("Grand Traverse Band" or "the Band") against the United States. The complaint seeks a declaratory judgment concerning the legality of the Class III gaming being conducted at Turtle Creek Casino, in Whitewater Township, by the Grand Traverse Band. The United States has filed a counterclaim seeking to declare the Turtle Creek facility...

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