Prairie Band v. Richards

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
• Decided: November 7, 2006
• Docket: 03-3218
• Status: Published

Opinion

F I L E D United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit PU BL ISH November 7, 2006 UNITED STATES CO URT O F APPEALS Elisabeth A. Shumaker Clerk of Court TENTH CIRCUIT

PRAIRIE BAND POTAW ATOM I N A TIO N , Plaintiff-Appellant, v. No. 03-3218

JOAN W AGNON, Secretary of the D.C. No. 99-CV-4071-JAR Kansas Department of Revenue, (D. Kansas) (241 F. Supp. 2d 1295 (Kan. 2003)) Defendant-Appellee, _______________________________ W IN N EBAG O TR IB E O F N EBRA SK A , H CI D ISTR IB UTION, TH E K IC KA PO O TR IB E O F IN D IA N S O F TH E K IC KA PO O R ESER VA TIO N IN K A N SA S, THE IO W A TR IB E O F K A N SA S A ND N EBRA SK A , A N D TH E SA C AND FOX NATION OF M ISSOURI,

Amici Curiae.

O PIN IO N O N R EM A ND FR OM TH E U N IT ED STATES SUPREM E COURT

David Prager, III, Tribal Attorney, Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, M ayetta, Kansas, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

John M ichael Hale, Special Assistant Attorney General, Kansas Department of Revenue, Topeka, Kansas, for Defendant-Appellee. Before LUC ER O, M cKA Y, and HA RTZ, Circuit Judges.

M cK A Y, Circuit Judge.

In view of the Supreme Court’s decision in Wagnon v. Prairie Band

Potawatomi Nation, 546 U.S. ___, 126 S. Ct. 676 (2005), and after supplemental

hearing, the prior decision of this court is vacated, as is the portion of the district

court’s opinion that applies the interest-balancing test. The order of the district

court granting summary judgment in favor of Defendant is AFFIRM ED.

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