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

  1. December 07, 2021

    Okla. Tribes Say Seminole Case Backs Gambling Deal Claims

    Several Oklahoma tribes have told a D.C. federal judge that a recent decision torpedoing a gambling agreement between Florida and the Seminole Tribe backs their claims that the federal government approved illegal compacts between Oklahoma's governor and other tribes in the state.

  2. October 25, 2021

    DOI Says Okla. Tribes Can't Challenge Gambling Deals

    The U.S. Department of the Interior has urged a D.C. federal judge to toss a suit by several Oklahoma tribes challenging gambling agreements reached by the state with other tribes, saying the plaintiffs can't show any harm from the deals to their own casino operations.

  3. April 06, 2021

    Okla. Tribes Say Reservation Rulings Back Gambling Suit

    The Cherokee, Chickasaw and Choctaw nations have told a D.C. federal judge that recent Oklahoma criminal court cases that recognized the tribes' reservations back their civil suit claiming the state's governor reached illegal gambling compacts with four other tribes.

  4. February 23, 2021

    4 Tribes Urge Court To Keep Suit Over Gambling Compacts

    The Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw and Citizen Potawatomi Nations urged a D.C. federal judge not to toss their suit claiming the Oklahoma governor formed illegal gambling compacts with four tribes, since the disputed agreements have negatively impacted their gambling revenue.

  5. February 17, 2021

    Okla. Tribes Say Gambling Deal Suit Should Be Tossed

    The leaders of two Native American tribes located in Oklahoma have once again pressed a D.C. federal judge to toss a suit by four tribal nations that claim the tribes' gaming compacts with the state are illegal.

  6. 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. 

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.