Arizona city files suit to block planned casino
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- Parent Category: News
- Category: Political Issues & Native Programs
- Published: 24 September 2010
By Jonathan J. Cooper
Glendale, Arizona (AP) September 2010
The city of Glendale has filed a lawsuit challenging a decision by the federal government to add land to the reservation of a southern Arizona Indian tribe.
The tribe wants to build a casino on 54 acres of unincorporated land surrounded on three sides by Glendale.
The city opposes the project and filed its challenge in federal court recently in Phoenix.
Glendale argues that the U.S. Interior Department erred in accepting an application by the Tohono Oodham tribe to take land into trust. The departments decision clears a key hurdle for the planned casino.
An Interior Department spokeswoman has said the department doesnt comment on pending lawsuits.
Glendale, Arizona (AP) September 2010
The city of Glendale has filed a lawsuit challenging a decision by the federal government to add land to the reservation of a southern Arizona Indian tribe.
The tribe wants to build a casino on 54 acres of unincorporated land surrounded on three sides by Glendale.
The city opposes the project and filed its challenge in federal court recently in Phoenix.
Glendale argues that the U.S. Interior Department erred in accepting an application by the Tohono Oodham tribe to take land into trust. The departments decision clears a key hurdle for the planned casino.
An Interior Department spokeswoman has said the department doesnt comment on pending lawsuits.