6th Circuit Sends Ruling On Michigan Tribal Casino Land Back To District Court

Mealey's (December 17, 2019, 9:12 AM EST) -- CINCINNATI — A ruling for Michigan in a dispute that’s been to the U.S. Supreme Court and back over whether an Indian tribe can operate a casino on a piece of land away from its reservation was vacated Dec. 13 by the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, which remanded an issue of statutory interpretation to a federal district court (Bay Mills Indian Community v. Gretchen Whitmer, Nos. 18-2259 and 18-2302, 6th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 36877)....