The mayor of Duluth, Minnesota said the city will ask the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear a gaming dispute with the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians.
The city says 1994 agreement that requires the tribe to share 19 percent of slot machine revenues from the Fond-du-Luth Casino remains valid. But the 8th Circuit, in a unanimous decision by a panel of three judges, disagreed and said the tribe no longer had to make payments. “Obviously, we are quite pleased with the ruling,” Chairwoman Karen Diver told The Duluth News Tribune. Mayor Don Ness, on the other hand, called the decision "devastating." The city has received about $80 million from the tribe and plans to ask a full panel of the 8th Circuit to hear the case again. Get the Story: