4 Oklahoma Tribes Sue Over DOI's Approval Of Gaming Compacts

(August 13, 2020, 10:27 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — With the Oklahoma Supreme Court recently finding that the governor did not have the authority to enter into gaming compacts with two Indian tribes, four other tribes in the state with valid compacts now seek to have the two improper deals invalidated by a District of Columbia federal court, saying in an Aug. 7 lawsuit that the Department of the Interior (DOI) violated the law when it deemed the compacts approved (Cherokee Nation, et al. v. U.S. Department of the Interior, et al., No. 1:20-cv-02167, D. D.C.)....

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