The Department of Justice is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reject Brown
v. Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, a gaming compact case.
The 9th Circuit Court of
Appeals ruled that former governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) negotiated in bad faith with the Rincon Band of Mission Indians.
Government attorneys say the state's revenue sharing demands violated the purposes of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.
"Payment of a share of a tribe’s gaming revenue to the state's general fund,
where it can be used for purposes having no relation to Indian tribes or gaming, does not further any of those purposes," DOJ wrote in the brief.
The Supreme Court asked for DOJ's views back in December.
9th Circuit Decision:
Rincon
Band v. Schwarzenegger (April 20, 2010)
Related Stories:
Rincon Band compact case still pending
at Supreme Court (5/23)
Supreme Court
asks DOJ for views in Rincon Band compact case (12/14)
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