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GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY v. U.S.

Nos. CV-10-1993-PHX-DGC, CV-10-2017-PHX-DGC, CV-10-2138-PHX-DGC.

776 F.Supp.2d 977 (2011)

GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY, a federally recognized Indian tribe; Delvin John Terry, Celestino Rios, Brandon Rios, Damon Rios, and Cameron Rios, members of the Gila River Indian Community; the City of Glendale and Michael Socaciu and Gary Hirsch, residents of Glendale; Speaker of the House Kirk Adams, House Majority Leader John McComish, House Majority Whip Andy Tobin, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Gray, in their official capacities as members of the Arizona Legislature; and the State of Arizona, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America; United States Department of the Interior; Kenneth L. Salazar, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Interior; Larry Echo Hawk, in his official capacity as Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs; and Tohono O'odham Nation, a federally recognized Indian tribe, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Arizona.

March 3, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Ann Alongi , Douglas A. Jorden , Jorden Bischoff & Hiser PLC, Scottsdale, AZ, for Plaintiffs Branson Rios, Cameron Rios, Damon Rios, and Delvin John Terry.

Linus Everling , Thomas L. Murphy , Gila River Indian Community, Pima-Maricopa Tribe Law Office, Sacaton, AZ, Merrill C. Godfrey , Jason Travis Hauter , James P. Tuite , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Washington, DC, Lawrence Jay Rosenfeld , Brian J. Schulman , Greenberg Traurig LLP, Phoenix, AZ, for Plaintiff Gila River Indian Community.

Peter T. Limperis , Jose de Jesus Rivera , Haralson Miller Pitt Feldman & McAnally PLC, Phoenix, AZ, Audrey E. Moog , Dominic F. Perella , Hogan Lovells LLP, Washington, DC, Craig Douglas Tindall , Office of the City Attorney, Glendale, AZ, for Plaintiff City of Glendale.

Brian McCormack Bergin , Rose Law Group, Scottsdale, AZ, for Russell Pearce.

Samuel Franklin Daughety , Jonathan Landis Jantzen , Tohono O'odham Nation , Office of Attorney General, Sells, AZ, Brian H. Fletcher , Danielle Spinelli , Seth P. Waxman , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP, Washington, DC, for Tohono O'odham Nation.

Joseph Andrew Kanefield , Office of Governor Janice K. Brewer, Phoenix, AZ, for Janice K. Brewer.

Kristofor Swanson , U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, Joseph Nathanael Watson , U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environmental & Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC, for United States Department of the Interior, U.S., Kenneth Lee Salazar, and Larry Echo Hawk.

G. Michael Tryon , Office of the Attorney General, Civil Division, Phoenix, AZ, for State of Arizona.

ORDER

DAVID G. CAMPBELL, District Judge.

This case concerns a July 23, 2010 decision by the United States Department of the Interior to accept in trust for the benefit of the Tohono O'odham Nation a 54-acre parcel of unincorporated land surrounded by the City of Glendale, Arizona. The Nation plans to build a Las Vegas style casino and resort on the property— plans that have evoked vigorous opposition...

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