Indian Gaming

Cate Stetson began working with Indian gaming issues in 1982, and we maintain a keen interest in the area of Indian gaming, having been involved in negotiations between tribes and states and in developing gaming compacts as well as casino management contracts. In addition, we have assisted tribes with the drafting and adoption of tribal gaming codes and regulations, all having been approved by the National Indian Gaming Commission as being in compliance with the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. Most recently we have been involved in advising tribal clients on the status of proposed legislation and regulatory provisions affecting tribal gaming operations.

Our tasks have included negotiating (and terminating) management contracts, negotiating and litigating the legitimacy of Class III gaming compacts, financing casinos, testifying before the state gaming control board, drafting gaming regulations, lobbying in Congress on all measures affecting gaming tribes, acquiring land for gaming purposes, and lobbying in the state legislature for compacts. Our attorneys have taught Indian Gaming courses for the Falmouth Institute and have participated in federal court litigation addressing the legitimacy of the New Mexico revenue-sharing scheme, as well as the impact of tribal-state compacts on tribal sovereignty. Our clients include gaming tribes, tribal casinos, and tribal regulatory

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