Indian Gaming

The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians is asking the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals to hear a gaming dispute with the city of Duluth, Minnesota.

The tribe had an agreement to share 19 percent of gross revenues from the Fond-du-Luth Casino. The tribe stopped making payments in 2009 after sending $75 million to the city.

The National Indian Gaming Commission invalidated the deal but that didn't happen until 2011. So a federal judge told the tribe to pay the city about $12 million for those two years, an issue that will now be heard on appeal.

In January, the 8th Circuit agreed that the deal was invalid.

Get the Story:
Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa appeals latest casino ruling (The Duluth News Tribune 11/5)

8th Circuit Decision:
City of Duluth v. Fond Du Lac Band (January 14, 2013)

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Fond du Lac Band continues fight against casino agreement (11/4)