Trial Date Set for Seminole Casino Lawsuit a federal judge has set
Trial Date Set for Seminole Casino Lawsuit a federal judge has set an formal date for the beginning of a two-week trial which will see whether the Seminole Tribe of Florida can carry on providing blackjack along with other banked card games at its gambling enterprises across the state.
Last week, U.S. District Judge Robert L. Hinkle dismissed a demand from Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to finish the truth and announced a date for the trial previously this week.
The dispute that is legal the tribe therefore the state of Florida comes from a five-year gambling compact the involved parties signed in 2010. The seminole Tribe was given the exclusive right to provide blackjack and several other banked card games at venues around the state as part of the agreement. The compact expired in the summer time of 2015 plus the Seminoles had 90 more days to avoid offering the games.
In October, tribal officials filed case in a tallahassee court that is federal arguing that the state had negotiated a prospective new gambling deal in ‘bad faith’ and asking the federal judge to permit the tribe to help keep on providing blackjack at its casinos. The state then filed a unique lawsuit in Tampa, claiming that the gambling enterprises should not any longer offer banked cards.
Beneath the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, all states need certainly to negotiate the terms of gambling compacts with tribes in good faith. Florida officials, nonetheless, argued that the federal law just is applicable whenever initial agreements are negotiated. (več …)