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Bay Mills Indian Community v. Snyder

  1. November 25, 2020

    Michigan Reaches Deal With Tribe Over Casino Land Fight

    The state of Michigan and a Native American tribe have agreed to toss a Michigan federal court suit over a proposed casino on land bought with trust funds, saying the deal ends a decadelong court battle that threatened to go on for at least several more years.

  2. March 28, 2019

    Mich. Tribe Tells 6th Circ. To OK Casino On Purchased Land

    The Bay Mills Indian Community has once again pressed the Sixth Circuit to reverse a lower court decision that the state of Michigan can keep it from opening a casino on a plot of land it purchased, rejecting the state's contention that a ruling in the tribe's favor would let it build a casino anywhere it buys property.

  3. March 07, 2019

    Mich. Gov. Tells 6th Circ. Tribe Can't Use Land For Casino

    Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has urged the Sixth Circuit to uphold a lower court's ruling that a state law doesn't automatically let the tribe conduct gambling on a parcel of land it bought, which is a novel issue for the circuit court.

  4. November 08, 2018

    Tribe Appeals Mich. Gov.'s Win Over Casino Land

    The Bay Mills Indian Community has filed a notice of appeal against Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder at the Sixth Circuit, challenging his win in a lower court ruling that the state's Indian Land Claim Settlement Act does not let the tribe automatically conduct gambling on land that it bought.

  5. October 01, 2018

    Mich. Gov. Wins Against Tribe In Suit Over Casino Land

    Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has won a federal court lawsuit brought by the Bay Mills Indian Community seeking to lawfully operate an off-reservation casino, with the court ruling that the state's Indian Land Claim Settlement Act doesn't automatically let the tribe conduct gambling on a parcel of land it bought.

  6. March 20, 2017

    Mich. Tribe Says Off-Reservation Casino Shielded By Fed. Law

    The Bay Mills Indian Community urged a Michigan federal judge Friday not to toss its suit against the state's governor seeking to establish that it has the right to operate an off-reservation casino, saying federal law prevents the state from blocking the tribe's gambling operation.

  7. March 09, 2017

    Mich. Tribes Lose Bids To Join Rival's Casino Land Suit

    A federal judge on Wednesday rejected two tribes' requests to join the Bay Mills Indian Community's suit seeking to establish that it can operate an off-reservation casino, requests that were based upon concerns that Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder was negotiating a settlement of the dispute and that the tribe's interests were therefore not being adequately represented.

  8. February 08, 2017

    Mich. Hits Back On Tribe's Bid To Join Rival's Casino Suit

    The state of Michigan urged a federal judge Wednesday to reject the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi's bid to intervene in the Bay Mills Indian Community's suit seeking to establish that it can operate a casino away from its reservation, saying the state is adequately representing the Potawatomis' opposition to off-reservation gaming.

  9. January 26, 2017

    Mich. Tribe Asks To Join Rival's Casino Land Suit, Citing Deal

    The Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi asked on Wednesday to intervene in the Bay Mills Indian Community's suit against Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder seeking to establish that it can operate a casino off its reservation, arguing the governor may be negotiating a deal and its interests are therefore not being adequately represented.

  10. January 13, 2017

    Mich. Gov. Urges Dismissal Of Tribe's Casino Land Suit

    Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder asked a federal court Friday to throw out the Bay Mills Indian Community's suit seeking to establish that it can operate a casino off its reservation, saying a 1997 federal law didn't automatically allow the tribe to conduct gambling on a parcel of land it bought.

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