GRAND TRAVERSE BAND OF OTTAWA v. U.S. ATTY.

Case No. 1:96-CV-466.

198 F.Supp.2d 920 (2002)

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.

April 22, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Riyaz A. Kanji, William Rastetter, Olson & Bzdok, PC, Traverse City, MI, Kanji & Katzen, PLLC, Ann Arbor, MI, Daniel P. Rogan, Vernie C. Durocher, Dorsey & Whitney, Minneapolis, MN, John F. Petoskey, Suttons Bay, MI, for plaintiff.

Charles R. Gross, Assist. U.S. Atty., Grand Rapids, MI, for Office of Atty., Western Dist. of Michigan, defendant.

Keith D. Roberts, Assist. Atty. Gen., Lottery & Racing Com'n, Lansing, MI, for State of Michigan.


OPINION

HILLMAN, Senior District Judge.

This is an action originally 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 originally filed a counterclaim seeking to declare the...

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