CHEROKEE NATION et al v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR et al

  1. January 26, 2021

    DOI, Comanche Say Other Tribes Can't Sink Gambling Pacts

    The U.S. Department of the Interior and the Comanche Nation have urged a D.C. federal judge to toss a suit alleging several tribal gambling compacts with Oklahoma are illegal, saying the tribes that brought the suit don't have standing to challenge those agreements. 

  2. November 05, 2020

    Feds Want Okla. Tribal Gaming Suit Moved Out Of DC

    The U.S. government has urged a District of Columbia federal judge to transfer to Oklahoma a suit by four tribal nations challenging gaming compacts signed by four other tribes with state Gov. J. Kevin Stitt, saying D.C. doesn't have "any meaningful connection" to the case.

  3. October 14, 2020

    Okla. Tribal Chiefs Want Out Of Rivals' Gaming Deals Suit

    The chiefs of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians and the Kialegee Tribal Town say federal law and sovereign immunity bars four other Native American nations from including them in a suit challenging gaming compacts their tribes signed with Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt.

  4. August 10, 2020

    Okla. Tribes Sue To Void Gov.'s Gaming Deals With Rivals

    Four Native American nations have sued Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt and the federal government in D.C. federal court, seeking to void gaming compacts he signed with two other tribes after separate courts decided the governor didn't have the right to negotiate the deals.