August 18, 2023
Gov. Kevin Stitt is urging a federal court to strike the Oklahoma attorney general from representing the state's interest in a challenge by four Native American tribes over gaming compacts, saying the top attorney is free to try to file an amicus brief in support of the plaintiffs instead.
August 11, 2023
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond said until he assumed control in representing the state's interests in a dispute with Native American tribes over gambling compacts, the ongoing and costly litigation was being led by a party refusing to defend it.
July 26, 2023
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond wants to represent the state's interests in a challenge by Native American tribes over gambling compacts, saying the ongoing litigation and costly dispute is a direct result of the governor's refusal to follow the law.
November 23, 2022
A D.C. federal judge has tossed part of a suit brought by four Native American tribes challenging the approval of a separate group of tribes' gambling compacts, ruling that the plaintiffs can't say they were hurt by the expansion of Class III gaming in Oklahoma if tribal defendants haven't begun offering that activity.
November 14, 2022
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt urged a D.C. federal judge on Friday to find that four tribes' gaming agreements are valid and in effect, claiming that a separate group of tribes challenging the compacts' approval have based their argument on "a fundamental misreading" of federal law regulating Native American gaming.
March 15, 2022
The heads of two Oklahoma tribes have asked a D.C. federal judge to hand them a win in a suit against them and the U.S. Department of the Interior by four other tribes challenging their gambling compacts with the governor, saying the case lacks legal merit.
March 10, 2022
Four Oklahoma tribes have asked a D.C. federal judge for a partial win in their suit against the federal government challenging gaming compacts reached by the state's governor with four other tribes, saying the deals caused a competitive injury for their casino businesses.
December 07, 2021
Several Oklahoma tribes have told a D.C. federal judge that a recent decision torpedoing a gambling agreement between Florida and the Seminole Tribe backs their claims that the federal government approved illegal compacts between Oklahoma's governor and other tribes in the state.
October 25, 2021
The U.S. Department of the Interior has urged a D.C. federal judge to toss a suit by several Oklahoma tribes challenging gambling agreements reached by the state with other tribes, saying the plaintiffs can't show any harm from the deals to their own casino operations.
April 06, 2021
The Cherokee, Chickasaw and Choctaw nations have told a D.C. federal judge that recent Oklahoma criminal court cases that recognized the tribes' reservations back their civil suit claiming the state's governor reached illegal gambling compacts with four other tribes.