TEXAS v. ALABAMA-COUSHATTA TRIBE OF TEXAS

No. 18-40116.

918 F.3d 440 (2019)

State of TEXAS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ALABAMA-COUSHATTA TRIBE OF TEXAS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED March 14, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric A. White , Assistant Solicitor General, Office of the Solicitor General for the State of Texas, Austin, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Danny Scot Ashby, Esq. , Justin Roel Chapa , David I. Monteiro, Esq. , Megan Whisler , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Patricia Lane Briones , Frederick Richard Petti, Esq. , Petti & Briones, P.L.L.C., Scottsdale, AZ, for Defendant-Appellant.

Christopher D. Kratovil, Esq. , Dykema Cox Smith, Dallas, TX, for Amicus Curiae Tyler Area Chamber of Commerce.

Before SMITH, DUNCAN, and ENGELHARDT, Circuit Judges.


For almost thirty years, the State of Texas and one of its Indian tribes, the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe (the "Tribe"), have disputed the impact of two federal statutes on the Tribe's ability to conduct gaming on the Tribe's reservation. The first statute, the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes...

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