Anti-casino group submits brief in Supreme Court land case

Friday, March 30, 2012  

An anti-gaming group with a spotty record has submitted a brief in a land-into-trust case that the U.S. Supreme Court will hear next month.

The court will hear Salazar v. Patchak on April 24. At issue is whether a non-Indian who has no connection to the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan or its gaming site can challenge a land-into-trust application.

Stand Up For California submitted a brief in the case on behalf of a number of local groups in California. The brief says the land-into-trust process imposes substantial burdens on non-Indians.

The group has frequently exaggerated or overstated the connection between the land-into-trust process and gaming.

Get the Story:
Anti-casino group involved in U.S. Supreme Court case (The Marysville/Yuba City Appeal-Democrat 3/29)

DC Circuit Decision:
Patchak v. Salazar (January 21, 2011)

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