Ruling Barring Jurisdiction Swap Under IGRA Is Not Cert Worthy, Tribe Says

(March 27, 2019, 11:18 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court need not review a 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ holding that the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) does not authorize the transfer of jurisdiction from tribal courts to state courts for tort claims arising from a gaming operation because of the limited nature of the ruling, a tribe and its casino business argue in a March 13 response brief (Harold McNeal, et ux. v. Navajo Nation, et al., 18-894, U.S. Sup., 2019 U.S. S. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 1010)....