California’s negotiations with Indian tribes over a contract to operate high-stakes casino gambling in the state ran afoul of the federal law that regulates Indian gaming, the Ninth Circuit said.
The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act specifically limits negotiating topics between states and tribes to issues directly related to gaming on a reservation. But California asked the tribes to enforce state spousal and child support laws against casino employees, agree to extensive environmental regulations, and adopt the state’s tort law for situations unrelated to gaming.
The tribe said that the state violated its statutory duty to negotiate in good faith by ...
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