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IN RE SAC & FOX TRIBE OF MISSISSIPPI IOWA/MESKWAKI

Nos. 03-2329, 03-2355, 03-2357, 03-2390, 03-2392 and 03-2393.

340 F.3d 749 (2003)

In re: SAC & FOX TRIBE OF THE MISSISSIPPI IN IOWA / MESKWAKI CASINO LITIGATION

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 27, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis W. Johnson, argued, Des Moines, IA, for appellant in No. 03-2329.

Charles E. Gribble, argued, Des Moines, IA, for appellees in No. 03-2329.

Steven F. Olson, argued, Bloomington, MN, for appellant in Nos. 03-2355, 03-2357, 03-2390, 03-2392, 03-2393.

Dennis W. Johnson, argued, Des Moines, IA, argued, for appellees Bear, et al.

David C. Shilton, argued, U.S. DOJ Washington, DC, for appellee U.S.

Before WOLLMAN, MURPHY, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

MELLOY, Circuit Judge.

These consolidated appeals involve the intersection of an issue that is subject to federal regulation, namely, the operation of Class III gaming on Indian lands, with an issue that is subject to tribal control, namely, the right of a limited sovereign to interpret its own constitution and select its own leaders. As to the gaming issue, we affirm the district court's grant of a preliminary injunction enforcing a temporary closure order from the...

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