Indian Gaming Now

Choctaw

Student Guest Blog Post: Jones County, MS Tribal Gaming Proposal

Posted by Kathryn Rand | Filed under:
Jun 28 2010
As part of Kathryn's Indian Gaming Law course at UND School of Law this summer, law students have the opportunity to post as guest bloggers.  Today's post is by second-year law student Stephen Larson:

Various interests groups have voiced opposition to the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians’ new casino gaming operation proposal in the Jones County community of Sandersville, MS.
 

Steve Quoted in Dallas Morning News & the Shreveport Rate Case

Posted by Kathryn Rand | Filed under:
Mar 2 2010
Fans of constitutional law will recall the Shreveport Rate Case, a 1914 U.S. Supreme Court decision that expanded the reach of congressional power under the Commerce Clause.  The case dealt with state rates for railway service in Texas and Louisiana, and Texas' efforts to favor Texas railways over those that serviced Shreveport.  Well, Texas is in the middle of another kind of market competition, this time between riverboat casinos in Shreveport and tribal casinos in Oklahoma.