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CHEMEHUEVI INDIAN TRIBE v. NEWSOM

No. 17-55604.

919 F.3d 1148 (2019)

CHEMEHUEVI INDIAN TRIBE; Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-wuk Indians, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Gavin NEWSOM, Governor of California; State of California, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 21, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lester J. Marston , Rapport and Marston, Ukiah, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellant.

Xavier Becerra , Attorney General of California; Sara J. Drake , Senior Assistant Attorney General; T. Michelle Laird and James G. Waian , Deputy Attorneys General; Office of the Attorney General, San Diego, California; for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: Sandra S. Ikuta and John B. Owens, Circuit Judges, and Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr., District Judge.

OPINION

This case presents an issue of first impression: Does the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act ("IGRA"), 25 U.S.C. §§ 2701-2721, permit tribes and states to negotiate the duration of a compact governing the conduct of a tribe's class III gaming activities? Because we conclude that IGRA's plain language...

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