The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians hasn't decided whether to appeal the latest decision in its long-running casino battle with the city of Duluth, Minnesota.
The tribe shares 19 percent of revenues from the Fond-du-Luth Casino as a form or "rent" to the city. Between 1994 and 2009, when the payments stopped, the tribe paid about $75 million to the city.
A federal judge ordered the tribe to pay another $10.3 million for the years 2009 and 2011, when the National Indian Gaming Commission officially ended the arrangement. With interest, the amount is expected to total $12.4 million.
The ruling "could be appealed," Chairwoman Karen Diver told The Minneapolis Star Tribune.
Turtle Talk has posted documents from the case, Duluth
v. Fond du Lac Band.
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