BOARD OF COM'RS OF CHEROKEE COUNTY, KAN. v. JEWEL

Civil Action 08-317(RC).

956 F.Supp.2d 116 (2013)

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF CHEROKEE COUNTY, KANSAS, Plaintiff, v. Sally JEWEL, in her official capacity as Secretary of the Interior, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

July 25, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Philip Nordstrom , Teresa L. Watson , David R. Cooper , Fisher, Patterson, Sayler & Smith, L.L.P., Topeka, KS, for Plaintiff.

Gina L. Allery , U.S. Department of Justice, Environmental and Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC, for Defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

RUDOLPH CONTRERAS, District Judge.

In 2008, the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma ("the tribe") opened the Downstream Casino Resort, a large complex that straddles the borders of Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. The actual casino is situated on a plot of land acquired by the Secretary of the Interior and the tribe by means of the Indian Land Consolidation Act. The Board of Commissioners of Cherokee County, Kansas, where another portion of the casino...

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