Gaming Ruling Ignores Tribal Sovereignty, Texas Tribe Argues To Justices

Mealey's (January 26, 2021, 2:34 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Supreme Court intervention is needed to rescue a Texas Indian tribe from a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals decision subjecting the tribe to the state’s gaming laws because the ruling creates a tribal sovereignty “twilight zone,” the tribe tells the high court in a Jan. 25 reply brief in support of its certiorari bid....