September 26, 2025
Two Cherokee Nation entities are looking to the Eighth Circuit to overturn an Arkansas federal court decision that dismissed their challenge to a voter-approved referendum that revoked a gambling license in the state.
August 28, 2025
An Arkansas judge Thursday dismissed a challenge by Cherokee Nation entities over a gaming license in the state, saying the voter amendment that revoked it did not impair any of their contractual obligations and precedent forecloses on any damage claims.
March 19, 2025
Cherokee Nation businesses can proceed with three of their claims against Arkansas in a dispute over the revocation of a casino license, a federal court judge said, while allowing the state to nix allegations that the tribal entities were deprived of equal protection and substantive due process.
February 12, 2025
Arkansas has urged a federal court to toss the latest version of a casino licensing suit by two Cherokee Nation businesses, arguing that they don't have the right to sue the state and that the court has already dismissed the state and its governor as defendants.
February 04, 2025
A federal district court is set to determine if the officers of a ballot issue committee backing an Arkansas amendment that revoked a Cherokee Nation business' casino license and the public affairs firm must hand over documentation in the dispute.
December 12, 2024
The ballot issue committee backing an Arkansas amendment that revoked a Cherokee Nation business's casino license can't intervene in the tribal entity's challenge that looks to block the law, a federal district court judge said Thursday, arguing that it has not adequately refuted the presumption that the state can defend its rights.
December 02, 2024
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is asking a federal district court to be removed as a defendant and for an overall dismissal of a challenge to a state amendment that revoked a Cherokee Nation business' casino license, arguing the Oklahoma tribe doesn't have any property interest in the case.
November 21, 2024
Two Cherokee Nation businesses suing Arkansas over a constitutional amendment revoking one of the tribal entities' casino gambling licenses want a federal judge to deny a bid to intervene in their suit by the group responsible for placing a ballot question before voters that repealed the license.
November 14, 2024
An Arkansas amendment that revokes the casino gaming license of a Cherokee Nation tribal entity has taken effect after a federal district court judge denied a bid to block the measure while also dismissing the state and its racing commission as defendants in the litigation.
November 12, 2024
Arkansas is looking to dismiss a challenge by two Cherokee Nation businesses that seeks to block an amendment revoking one of the tribal entities' casino gaming license, arguing that "the glaring obstacle" of the Eleventh Amendment bars lawsuits against states in federal court.