South
Carolina Case Returns to Court
News Brief: Judge Joseph Strickland
will hear in two weeks the appeal of his ruling
that the Catawba Indian Nation could begin offering
video poker
COLUMBIA,
South Carolina – As reported by the Charlotte
Observer: "Judge Joseph Strickland will
hear in two weeks the appeal of his ruling that
the Catawba Indian Nation could begin offering
video poker.
"The
State of South Carolina had filed a motion Tuesday
for him to reconsider his Dec. 13ruling that
the tribe had the right to offer the gambling
on its reservation about 10 miles south of Charlotte
despite a statewide ban since 2000. Attorney
General Henry McMaster argued in the motion
that the 1993 land claim settlement between
the Catawbas and the state and federal governments
was not meant to allow the tribe to offer video
poker…"
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