Commissioners in Cherokee County, Kansas, are being urged to drop a lawsuit over the casino owned by the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma.
The tribe opened the Downstream Casino Resort last July. The facility is located in Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri.
Cherokee County tried to prevent the opening of the facility, citing land issues, but a federal judge never acted on the request. A representative for the casino now says the lawsuit is pointless.
“It doesn’t quite make sense, since we’re up and operational,” Alan Mauk, the government affairs consultant for the casino, told county commissioners, The Joplin Globe reported.
A non-Indian gaming company that wanted to build a casino in the county was paying for the lawsuit. Mauk said the county will have to shoulder the costs.
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Casino consultant wants Cherokee County to drop lawsuit over tribal issue
(The Joplin Globe 5/12)
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County urged to drop lawsuit over Quapaw casino
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
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