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The Cherokee Nation et al v. Stitt

  1. February 27, 2023

    Online Lotto Doesn't Disturb Tribes' Exclusivity, Judge Says

    Expanded horse racetrack gaming hours and electronic lottery access in Oklahoma do not disturb the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes' exclusivity rights outlined in their tribal gaming compact with the state, an Oklahoma federal judge has found, ruling in favor of Gov. Kevin Stitt on a handful of outstanding claims in a gaming compact suit.

  2. December 06, 2021

    Tribe Says Feds Can't Score Early Win In Gambling Deal Suit

    An Oklahoma tribe suing Gov. Kevin Stitt for allegedly violating its gaming compact has urged a federal court to reject the state's bid for an early win, arguing that the government still refuses to address that it changed the law more than once to permit additional electronic gambling.

  3. November 01, 2021

    Tribe Seeks Win In Okla. Tribal Gambling Deal Suit

    A Native American tribe in Oklahoma has asked a federal court to find that Gov. Kevin J. Stitt has illegally ignored a state-tribal gaming act giving tribes substantial exclusivity over Las Vegas-style games, saying he has permitted nontribal operators to offer electronic and machine gambling.

  4. October 29, 2021

    Okla. Gov. Asks Judge To Trim Tribal Gambling Deals Suit

    Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has asked a federal court to dismiss two claims against him by the Wichita Tribe, shortly after losing his attempt to renegotiate state-tribal gambling compacts.

  5. October 26, 2020

    Gov. Says Okla. Won't Appeal Ruling On Tribal Gaming Deals

    Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt said he won't appeal a federal court decision that a group of state-tribal gaming compacts aren't subject to renegotiation, saying the "unprecedented uncertainty" of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling over treaty lands requires the state and tribes to work out their differences amicably.

  6. September 24, 2020

    Tribal Gaming Compact Judgment Goes Against Okla. Gov.

    An Oklahoma federal judge has certified as final his July ruling that Native American tribes' gaming compacts with the state renewed automatically in January, finding that remaining claims in their suit against Gov. Kevin Stitt can be dealt with separately.

  7. August 31, 2020

    Tribes Seek Final Judgment Certification In Okla. Gaming Row

    A group of more than 30 Oklahoma tribes on Friday asked a federal judge to certify that his July partial summary judgment in their favor is final in a case involving a bid by Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt to take a larger cut of their gaming revenue.

  8. July 28, 2020

    Judge Upends Okla. Gov.'s Bid To Raise Cut Of Gaming Profits

    In a major blow to Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt's campaign to collect a larger share of revenues from Native American casinos, an Oklahoma federal judge said Tuesday that a group of tribal gaming compacts have been renewed automatically for the next 15 years, and are not subject to renegotiating.

  9. June 12, 2020

    Tribes Say Okla. Gov.'s Deal Powers Up To State Justices

    Tribes have told an Oklahoma federal judge that Gov. Kevin Stitt strayed from the case at hand when he asked the court to confirm his authority to renegotiate tribal-state gambling compacts.

  10. June 09, 2020

    DOI Approves 2 Okla. Tribes' Gaming Compacts

    Oklahoma's governor announced Monday that his new gambling compacts with the Otoe-Missouria Tribe and Comanche Nation received federal approval, while he's still locked in a dispute with other state officials and tribes over his authority to enter new compacts that allow the types of gaming that state law prohibits.

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