CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA v. UNITED STATES DOI

No. 19-2898.

11 F.4th 852 (2021)

CITY OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA, Plaintiff-Appellant, State of Iowa; State of Nebraska, Intervenor Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF the INTERIOR; Deb Haaland, in her official capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Interior; National Indian Gaming Commission; E. Sequoyah Simermeyer, in his official capacity as Chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission, Defendants-Appellees. Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, Amicus on Behalf of Appellee(s).

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 30, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant was John Robert Lundquist , AAG, of Des Moines, IA. The following attorney(s) appeared on the appellant brief; Richard B. Wade , City Attorney, of Council Bluffs, IA, Ryan Post , former AAG of Lincoln, NE, David Michael Ranscht , AAG, of Des Moines, IA, Bella Sewall Wolitz , of Washington, DC., Ryan A. Smith , of Washington, DC.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee was Mary Gabrielle Sprague , USDOJ, Environmental and Natural Resources Division, of Washington, DC. The following attorney(s) appeared on the appellee brief; JoAnn Lynn Kintz , USDOJ, ENR, of Washington, DC and William B. Lazarus , USDOJ, ENR, Washington, DC.

The following attorney(s) appeared on the amicus brief in support of appellees filed by Ponca Tribe of Nebraska; James Meggesto , of Washington, DC, and Steven D. Gordon , of Washington, DC.

Before SMITH, Chief Judge, COLLOTON and ERICKSON, Circuit Judges.


In 2017, the National Indian Gaming Commission determined that a parcel of land in Iowa that is held in trust by the United States for the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska is eligible for gaming. The Commission reasoned that the land is eligible as part of "the restoration of lands for an...

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