This Week at the Ninth: The IGRA “Two-Step” and Class Action Collusion
By EsqSocial Corporation 07/06/21
This week: the Ninth Circuit elaborates on the Indian Gaming Regulation Act’s “two-step determination” regarding the effects of a new casino on tribal land and clarifies when a post-certification class action settlement agreement is unfair and collusive. KALISPEL TRIBE OF INDIANS V. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR The Court holds that the Secretary of the Interior may approve an Indian Tribe’s application for an off-reservation casino under the Indian Gaming Regulation Act even if the new...
By: Morrison & Foerster LLP - Left Coast Appeals