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BUTTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA v. CHAUDHURI

No. 16-5240.

887 F.3d 501 (2018)

BUTTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, Appellant v. Jonodev Osceola CHAUDHURI, Chairman, National Indian Gaming Commission, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 13, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis J. Whittlesey, Jr. , Washington, DC, argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellant.

Jeffrey S. Beelaert , Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for federal appellees. With him on the brief were Jeffrey H. Wood , Acting Assistant Attorney General, and William B. Lazarus and Robert P. Stockman , Attorneys.

Michael J. Anderson argued the cause and filed the brief for tribal appellee Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria, California.

Before: Rogers, Srinivasan and Pillard, Circuit Judges.

The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act allows a federally-recognized Indian tribe to conduct gaming on lands held in trust by the Secretary of the Interior for the tribe's benefit. 25 U.S.C. §§ 2710(b)(1), 2703(4)(B). The authorization to conduct gaming generally applies only if the lands had been taken into trust...

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