District Court, N.D. California January 27, 2011, 09-01471 CW (BIG LAGOON RANCHERIA v. California)

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND DENYING DEFENDANT’S CROSS-MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (Docket Nos. 80 and 93)

CLAUDIA WILKEN, District Judge.

Over the past several years, Plaintiff Big Lagoon Ranchería (Big Lagoon or the Tribe) has sought to enter into a tribal-state compact with Defendant State of California that permits it to conduct class III gaming.