November 07, 2018
The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday said it won't rethink a circuit panel ruling that backed a lower court's decision to shut down the Desert Rose Bingo website, rejecting the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel's contention that its site didn't violate the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.
October 12, 2018
The federal government and California jointly urged the Ninth Circuit on Friday to reject the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel's request that the appellate court rethink its ruling affirming a lower-court decision that shut down the tribe's online bingo website, saying the ruling didn't overlook the facts or the law.
September 17, 2018
The Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel asked the Ninth Circuit to rethink its ruling affirming a lower-court decision that shut down the tribe’s online bingo site, with the Iipay Nation seeking a rehearing en banc because it believes the decision did not adequately consider how tribes can use remote access technology under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.
August 02, 2018
The Ninth Circuit on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling that shut down the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel's online bingo site, saying the operation violated the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act because bets were placed off the California tribe's lands and that it wasn't shielded by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.
August 08, 2017
The Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel pressed the Ninth Circuit on Monday to rule that the tribe's online bingo complied with federal law, saying the federal government and the state of California can't point to any part of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act that specifically requires customers to be physically on Indian lands when they're playing the game.
June 09, 2017
A U.S. Supreme Court fight over whether a law that ended a challenge to a tribal casino passes constitutional muster and the Cherokee Nation's tribal court suit seeking to hold major pharmacies and drug distributors accountable for the opioid crisis plaguing its citizens are at the top of the list of cases Native American law practitioners will be keeping an eye on in the second half of 2017.
May 18, 2017
A California federal judge was wrong to find that Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel's online bingo flouted federal law when he ruled in favor of state and federal bids to curtail the website because Iipay gaming laws allow bingo players off tribal lands to participate over the Internet, the tribe told the Ninth Circuit Wednesday.