The Ho Chunk Indian tribe wins a legal victory for its current expansion of a small casino at Wittenberg where they’re adding a hotel. Federal Judge James Peterson of Madison ruled Wednesday that a nearby competitor, the Stockbridge Munsee tribe, should have challenged the Ho Chunk gaming house in 2008 when it first opened — and not waited until now after it began to expand. The state is also a defendant in the Stockbridge Munsee suit, and Peterson says he’ll decide later whether to drop that part of the case. The Ho Chunk said the Wittenberg expansion is part of its gaming compact with the state, but the Stockbridge says it will hurt that tribe’s North Star Casino at nearby Bowler. The plaintiff says new gaming is not allowed on Indian land that was not in trust before 1988, and the Wittenberg site was placed into trust five years after that.
Ho Chunk Tribe Wins Big Casino Legal Victory
Oct 26, 2017 | 5:41 AM
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