North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians v. State of California

  1. August 10, 2016

    North Fork's Gaming Suit Closed Instead Of Paused

    A federal judge on Wednesday put to rest a lawsuit by the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians against the state of California concerning the tribe's recently approved plans to conduct gaming, despite a rival tribe's attempt to pause it while other legal challenges to the plans run their course.

  2. August 05, 2016

    North Fork Blasts Rival Tribe After DOI Greenlights Gaming

    The North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians pushed in California federal court Thursday to keep a rival tribe from derailing its casino plans now that the head of the U.S. Department of the Interior has given it the green light to conduct gaming.

  3. July 18, 2016

    Tribe, Calif. Push Court Not To Pause Casino Suit

    The North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians and the state of California asked a federal judge Friday not to stay a lawsuit over the tribe's long-delayed plan to build a casino until other legal challenges to the project run their course, even as a rival tribe argued a pause was necessary.

  4. July 08, 2016

    Calif. Tribe's Hard-Fought Casino Push Faces Another Hurdle

    The North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians' long-delayed plan to build a casino in central California could come to a screeching halt just as they are closing in on approval, with a federal judge poised to decide whether to slam the brakes on the project until legal challenges from a rival tribe run their course.

  5. April 26, 2016

    Calif. Tribe Pushes To Intervene In Rival's Compact Suit

    The Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians continued to press a California federal court Monday to let it intervene in another tribe's suit against the state that revived negotiations for a gaming compact, saying it's not too late to do so and it doesn't intend to relitigate already-decided issues.

  6. April 05, 2016

    Calif. Tribe Slams Rival's Bid To Intervene In Compact Suit

    The North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians urged a California federal judge to reject a bid by another tribe to intervene in its suit against the state that revived negotiations for a gaming compact, saying Monday the litigation was essentially over.

  7. March 21, 2016

    Calif. Tribe Wants In On Other Tribe's Gaming Compact Suit

    The Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians urged a California federal court Friday to let the tribe intervene in another tribe's suit against the state over alleged bad faith negotiating tactics, saying the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians' proposed gaming compact threatens the Picayune Rancheria's financial livelihood.

  8. January 13, 2016

    Calif., Tribe Ordered To Explain Lack Of Gaming Compact

    A California federal judge ordered the state and the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians on Wednesday to explain why he shouldn't require them to go into mediation over a new gaming compact, saying the parties hadn't shown they'd reached a compact after the judge determined the state must renegotiate the deal.

  9. December 18, 2015

    The Biggest Native American Law Cases Of 2015

    Two Sixth Circuit decisions affirming National Labor Relations Board jurisdiction over tribal casinos and other businesses stand out as pivotal rulings in 2015, while attorneys also took notice of a California federal court holding that the state must restart compact negotiations for an off-reservation tribal casino and an Eleventh Circuit ruling barring a Florida sales tax on tribal lands. Here, Law360 looks back at some of the highest-profile Native American law cases of 2015.

  10. November 23, 2015

    Calif. Voters Could Lose Role In Tribal Gambling Compacts

    A federal court order that California must reach a gambling compact with the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians — in spite of a state referendum rejecting an earlier agreement — could force the state to restructure its approach to negotiating compacts, including cutting state voters out of the process.