Supreme Court To Allow Lawsuit Against Gun Lake Casino

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Greg Guedel

The Associated Press reports that the Supreme Court has voted today to allow a lawsuit seeking to shut down a Native American casino in Michigan.  The high court upheld a lower court decision that would allow casino foe David Patchak to sue to shut the casino down.

The Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians, also known as the Gun Lake Tribe, opened a casino in Wayland Township, 20 miles south of Grand Rapids. Patchak challenged how the government placed the land in trust for the tribe, saying that the move was illegal because the tribe had not been recognized by the government in 1934 when the Indian Reorganization Act was passed.

A federal judge dismissed his lawsuit but the high court in an 8-1 ruling decided it could move forward. Justice Sonia Sotomayor was the only dissent.

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