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Cherokee Nation Businesses says federal judge sided with Arkansas in casino-license dispute; appeal expected
Summary
Chuck Garrett, chief executive officer of Cherokee Nation Businesses, told the Cherokee Nation Executive and Finance Committee that a federal judge in Arkansas ruled for the state on all counts in a case the Nation brought over a casino license, and he said lawyers were preparing an appeal to the Eighth Circuit.
Chuck Garrett, chief executive officer of Cherokee Nation Businesses, told the Cherokee Nation Executive and Finance Committee that a federal judge in Arkansas ruled in favor of the state on all counts in a case the Nation brought over a casino license.
Garrett said his legal team received the judge’s order the morning of the meeting and had not yet completed a written review; lawyers were meeting to analyze options. “The punch line is that we… he sided with the state of Arkansas on each count,” Garrett said.
The Nation’s challenge included takings and due-process claims, Garrett said. He described the takings argument this way: when government removes a…
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