MICCOSUKEE TRIBE v. FLORIDA STATE ATHLETIC COM'N

No. 99-13669.

226 F.3d 1226 (2000)

MICCOSUKEE TRIBE OF INDIANS OF FLORIDA, a federally recognized Indian Tribe, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FLORIDA STATE ATHLETIC COMMISSION, Alvin Goodman, Florida State Athletic Commission, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 13, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sonia Escobio O'Donnell, Lehtinen, O'Donnell, Vargas & Reiner, P.A., Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Reginald J. Clyne, Charlene Bellinger Honig, Clyne & Self, P.A., Coral Gables, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before ANDERSON, Chief Judge, and DUBINA and SMITH, Circuit Judges.


DUBINA, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff, the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida ("Tribe"), filed suit against the Florida State Athletic Commission ("Florida Commission") and several of its officials and representatives, alleging violations of the Professional Boxing Safety Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 6301-6313, the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, and federal common law. The district court dismissed the Tribe's complaint, finding that the Tribe failed...

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