the-fort-belknap-indian-community-of-the-fort-belknap-indian-reservation-v ( 1996 )

84 F.3d 1222

The FORT BELKNAP INDIAN COMMUNITY OF the FORT BELKNAP INDIAN
RESERVATION, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
STATE OF MONTANA, Robert L. Robinson, individually and as
Administrator, Gambling Control Division, Department of
Justice, State of Montana; Stan Stephens, individually and
as Governor, State of Montana; Marc Racicot, individually
and as Attorney General, State of Montana, Defendants-Appellees.

No. 94-35126.

United States Court of Appeals,
Ninth Circuit.

June 7, 1996.

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James L. Vogel, Hardin, Montana, for plaintiff-appellant.

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Joseph P. Mazurek, Attorney General, and Deanne L. Sandholm, Assistant Attorney General, Helena, Montana, for defendants-appellees.

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On Remand from the United States Supreme Court.

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Before: BEEZER and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges, and ORRICK, Senior District Judge.*

ORDER

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The judgment of this court, 39 F.3d 1186 (Table), is vacated. For the reasons stated by the Supreme Court in Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida, --- U.S. ----, 116 S. Ct. 1114, 134 L. Ed. 2d 252 (1996), we affirm the judgment of the district court.

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AFFIRMED.

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The Honorable William H. Orrick, Senior United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, sitting by designation