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State of Texas, et al v. Alabama-Coushatta, et al
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September 01, 2021
Texas Tribe's E-Bingo Center Is Lawful, Judge Rules
A federal judge in Texas has recognized a tribe's legal right to operate e-bingo machines on its Polk County reservation, finding that state officials cannot exercise authority over the tribe's current gaming activities by way of "nuisance suits" or regulatory schemes.
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February 27, 2018
Texas Tribe Wins Pause Of E-Bingo Order Pending Appeal
A federal magistrate judge on Monday granted the Alabama-Coushatta tribe's request that the court hold off on enforcing an order likely barring the tribe from operating electronic bingo games while it appeals the decision.
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February 07, 2018
Texas Tribe Looks To Halt E-Bingo Order Pending Appeal
The Alabama-Coushatta tribe on Tuesday asked a Texas federal court to hold off on enforcing an order likely barring the tribe from operating electronic bingo games while it appeals, saying it would otherwise have to close its electronic bingo center and force hundreds out of work.
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February 06, 2018
State Law Blocks Texas Tribe's E-Bingo Plans, Judge Says
A Texas federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas are not protected from the state's gambling restrictions, expressing regret at the "unjust" situation but saying that permission by the National Indian Gaming Commission was not enough to authorize the tribe's electronic bingo games.
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March 13, 2017
Tribe Says E-Bingo Not Prohibited At East Texas Facility
The Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas urged a federal judge Friday to reject the state's bid to find the tribe in contempt of a court order preventing it from conducting gambling games, saying the electronic bingo the tribe is now offering isn't covered by the order.
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March 06, 2017
Texas, Tribe Press For Quick Wins In Bingo Battle
The Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas and the state battled in federal court filings Friday over the gambling machines the tribe furnishes at its East Texas facility, with the tribe contending it's offering legal electronic bingo and the state claiming the games meet the definition of an illegal lottery.
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February 09, 2017
Texas, Tribe Square Off Over Electronic Bingo
The Alabama-Coushatta tribe of Texas and the state traded blows in federal court filings on Wednesday over how to classify electronic bingo, as the tribe seeks to lift a long-standing injunction blocking it from offering the game on its reservation.
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September 07, 2016
Texas Blasts Tribal Bid To Lift Bingo Ban
The state of Texas shot back at the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas' bid to lift an injunction blocking the tribe from offering electronic bingo on its reservation, saying Tuesday the Fifth Circuit has rejected the tribe's argument that a recent National Indian Gaming Commission ruling impliedly repealed a section of a statute that made state gambling laws applicable on the tribe's lands.
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August 22, 2016
Texas Tribe Urges Federal Judge To Lift Bingo Ban
The Alabama-Coushatta tribe of Texas on Friday urged a federal court to lift an injunction blocking the tribe from offering electronic bingo on its reservation, saying that a 2015 National Indian Gaming Commission ruling that the tribe is allowed to operate the game is entitled to deference from the court.
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August 17, 2016
Texas Seeks To Shut Down Tribe's Electronic Bingo
The state of Texas on Monday told a federal court that the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas are in violation of a 2002 court-ordered block on gambling and that the tribe's electronic bingo games that have been operational since May are illegal.