LAC DU FLAMBEAU BAND OF LAKE SUPERIOR v. NORTON

No. 04-3571.

422 F.3d 490 (2005)

LAC DU FLAMBEAU BAND OF LAKE SUPERIOR CHIPPEWA INDIANS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gale NORTON and United States Department of the Interior, Defendants-Appellees, and Ho-Chunk Nation, Intervenor-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 1, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol J. Brown (argued), Brown & Lacounte, Madison, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Kathryn E. Kovacs (argued), Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee Gale A. Norton.

Richard D. Humphrey, Office of the United States Atty., Madison, WI, for Defendant-Appellee United States Dept. of the Interior.

Lester J. Marston, Rapport & Marston, Ukiah, CA, for Intervenor-Appellee.

Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and POSNER and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


FLAUM, Chief Judge.

The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act ("IGRA"), 25 U.S.C. §§ 2701-2721, governs gambling conducted by Indian tribes. The IGRA allows tribes to operate casinos on their reservations or on lands held in trust for their benefit by the Secretary of the Interior ("the Secretary") only if conducted pursuant to an agreement between the tribe and the state where the proposed casino will be located. 25 U.S...

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