February 07, 2017
The Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel on Monday said it would appeal to the Ninth Circuit a win that California and the U.S. government received from a federal judge when he found the tribe's bingo website flouted federal law because patrons had initiated bets from outside tribal lands but within the state, where gambling is illegal.
December 13, 2016
A federal judge handed a win to California and the U.S. government on Monday by finding that the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel's shuttered online bingo website flouted federal law because patrons had initiated bets from outside tribal lands but within the state, where gambling is illegal.
June 29, 2016
Federal courts will weigh several cases with important implications for Native American law practitioners over the next six months, including a closely watched battle over the Washington Redskins' controversial trademarks, a water rights battle in California, and dueling suits from the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the Sunshine State over their gambling deal. Here are the cases lawyers say they'll be keeping a close eye on for the rest of 2016.
June 06, 2016
The federal and California governments on Friday again pressed a federal court to rule that the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel's shuttered online bingo website violated federal law, with the federal government claiming the tribe was trying to hide behind the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to offer illegal gambling to customers off the tribe's reservation.
May 31, 2016
The Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel told a California federal court that its online bingo game was aboveboard, in spite of contentions from the federal government and the state of California that it was illegal.
May 02, 2016
The federal government and California regulators urged a federal judge on Friday to rule that the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel's shuttered online bingo website violated both federal law and the tribe's agreement with the state and that its purported "proxy player" system didn't pass legal muster.
January 27, 2016
The federal government urged a California federal court on Tuesday to dismiss a bid by the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel for a declaration that it can legally operate an electronic bingo website, arguing the court can't hear the counterclaim in the government's suit to keep the website shut down.
November 13, 2015
Controversial new gaming technology has blurred the lines between the different classes of gambling activities Native American tribes can offer, putting tribes at odds with states that are also seeking to profit from the latest innovations, experts say.