Casino Opponents Seek Review Of Ruling Favoring Seneca Gambling Site

(April 27, 2016, 1:45 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court need not review a Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals decision allowing the Seneca Nation of Indians to operate a casino on land owned by the tribe in Buffalo, N.Y., because the appeals court correctly held that the tribe exercises governmental power over the Buffalo parcel within the meaning of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA), the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) says in an April 8 response brief (Citizens Against Casino Gambling in Erie County, et al. v. Jonodev Osceola Chaudhuri, et al., No. 15‐780, U.S. Sup.; 2016 U.S. S. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 1586)....