GUIDIVILLE BAND OF POMO INDIANS, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
NGV GAMING, LTD, a Florida partnership, Defendant-Appellant.
NGV Gaming, Ltd, a Florida partnership, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
Harrah's Operating Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Defendant-Appellee.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued and Submitted October 16, 2007.
Filed June 26, 2008.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Stephen J. Calvacca, Law Offices of Calvacca Moran, West Falmouth, MA; Terrence J. Cassidy, Law Offices of Porter, Scott, Weiberg & Delehant, Sacramento, CA, for plaintiff-appellant/defendant-appellant NGV Gaming, LTD.
Stephen M. Hart and Kimberly A. Demarchi, Law Offices of Lewis and Roca LLP, Phoenix, AZ; George L. O'Connell, Craig C. Allison, Law Offices of Stevens & O'Connell LLP, Sacramento, CA, for plaintiff-appellee Guidiville Band of Pomo Indians.
Stanley E. Siegel, Jr. and Diane B. Bratvold, Law Offices of Rider Bennett, LLP, Minneapolis, MN, for defendant-appellee Harrah's Operating Company, Inc.
Before: STEPHEN S. TROTT and N. RANDY SMITH, Circuit Judges, and MILTON I. SHADUR, Senior District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
SHADUR, Senior District Judge:
This appeal presents the single, seemingly straightforward question whether the word "is" really means "is," at least as that word is employed in 25 U.S.C. § 81.1 At the core of the present dispute, that statute requires the Secretary of the Department of the Interior ("Secretary") to approve any "contract with an Indian tribe that encumbers Indian lands for a period of 7 or more years" before such a...
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