New York Village Seeks Rehearing In 2nd Circuit Of Win For Tribe’s Bingo Hall

Mealey's (August 10, 2021, 1:07 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals made a factual error and disregarded cited authority in holding that a New York village’s anti-gambling laws are preempted by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) because the property where a tribe operates a bingo hall qualifies as “Indian” land within the meaning of the IGRA, the village says in an Aug. 5 petition for rehearing in the long-running gaming dispute....