The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians has won another round of litigation in its gaming dispute with Duluth, Minnesota.

The tribe filed a land-into-trust application with the Bureau of Indian Affairs for a property next to the Fond-du-Luth Casino. The city said the move violated a gaming agreement between the two parties.

A judge, however, dismissed the lawsuit and said it was premature. The BIA has yet to make a decision on the application.

“This is the fourth occasion in the past several months where the band has prevailed,” Chairwoman Karen Diver told The Duluth News.

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