Turtle Talk: A way to avoid disaster in Supreme Court case

Monday, June 24, 2013
Filed Under: Casino Stalker | Litigation | NIGC
More on: bay mills, doi, land claims, land-into-trust, off-reservation, supreme court

Turtle Talk says there are ways to avoid disaster in Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community, an Indian gaming case that the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear:

And obvious … the United States should intervene and file a complaint. Interior and NIGC have already opined that the Bay Mills legal theory isn’t viable. What are they waiting for? Let’s get to the merits. Why do we need the Supreme Court to issue a decision in this kind of dispute that may generate bad law for everyone (yes, there is a way for both state and tribal interests to feel pain on this one), when the merits of the case can be heard immediately?

Get the Story:
Simple Solution to the Bay Mills Grant (Turtle Talk 6/24)

Relevant Documents:
Supreme Court Order List | Supreme Court Docket Sheet No. 12-515

6th Circuit Decision:
Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community (August 15, 2012)