CHEROKEE NATION v. US DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Civil Action No. 20-2167 (TJK).

643 F.Supp.3d 90 (2022)

The CHEROKEE NATION, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

Signed November 23, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Colin Cloud Hampson, Frank Sharp Holleman, IV, Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson & Perry, LLP, Bonita, CA, Sara Hill, Pro Hac Vice, Cherokee Nation Attorney General Office, Tahlequah, OK, for Plaintiff Cherokee Nation.

Colin Cloud Hampson, Frank Sharp Holleman, IV, Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson & Perry, LLP, Bonita, CA, Meredith Presley Turpin, Pro Hac Vice, Office of Executive Counsel, Ada, OK, Stephen Greetham, Pro Hac Vice, Greetham Law, P.L.L.C. Office of Senior Counsel, Oklahoma City, OK, for Plaintiff Chickasaw Nation.

Colin Cloud Hampson, Frank Sharp Holleman, IV, Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson & Perry, LLP, Bonita, CA, Bradley Harold Mallett, Pro Hac Vice, Brian Danker, Pro Hac Vice, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Legal & Compliance, Durant, OK, for Plaintiff Choctaw Nation.

Colin Cloud Hampson, Frank Sharp Holleman, IV, Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson & Perry, LLP, Bonita, CA, for Plaintiff Citizen Potawatomi Nation.

Kristofor R. Swanson, Matthew M. Marinelli, U.S. Department of Justice Natural Resources Section, Washington, DC, for Defendants United States Department of Interior, Bryan Newland.

Daniel Webber, Jr., Pro Hac Vice, Matthew Kane, Pro Hac Vice, Patrick Pearce, Jr., Pro Hac Vice, Phillip Whaley, Pro Hac Vice, Ryan Whaley Coldiron Jantzen Peters & Webber PLLC, Oklahoma City, OK, Jason Reese, Pro Hac Vice, Goodwin Lewis, PLLC Office of the Governor, Oklahoma City, OK, Jeffrey B. Wall, Judson Owen Littleton, Zoe Jacoby, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Washington, DC, Mary Catherine Zinsner, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, Washington, DC, Austin Philip Mayron, Pro Hac Vice, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY, Syed M. Reza, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, McLean, VA, for Defendant J. Kevin Stitt.

Saba Bazzazieh, Wyatt M. Rosette, Rosette, LLP, Washington, DC, Brett Stavin, Rosette, LLP, Oklahoma City, OK, Robert A. Rosette, Rosette, LLP, Chandler, AZ, for Defendant John R. Shotton.

Jeffrey C. Nelson, Maglio Christopher & Toale, P.A., Washington, DC, Klint Cowan, Pro Hac Vice, Fellers Snider, Oklahoma City, OK, Altom M. Maglio, Kehl Van Winkle, MCTLAW-Maglio Christopher & Toale Law Firm, Sarasota, FL, for Defendants Joe Bunch, Brian Givens.

Ben Kappelman, Vernle Charles Durocher, Jr., Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Minneapolis, MN, for Defendant Mark Woommavovah.

Kristofor R. Swanson, Natural Resources Section, Washington, DC, Matthew M. Marinelli, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC, for Defendant Deb Haaland.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

Plaintiffs are four Native American tribes who each operate casinos in Oklahoma under a tribal-gaming compact with Oklahoma under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. In their operative complaint...

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