U.S. ex rel. Hall v. Creative Games Technology, Inc.
| Decision Date | 09 May 1994 |
| Docket Number | 93-3089MN,Nos. 93-2903M,s. 93-2903M |
| Citation | 27 F.3d 572 |
| Parties | NOTICE: Eighth Circuit Rule 28A(k) governs citation of unpublished opinions and provides that no party may cite an opinion not intended for publication unless the cases are related by identity between the parties or the causes of action. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ex rel. Glenn A. Hall; Michael A. Mapes; and Fred Tribble, Appellants, v. CREATIVE GAMES TECHNOLOGY, INC., a Minnesota corporation; Creative Games Technology, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Hanson Distributing, Inc., a Minnesota corporation; Indian Country Leasing Company, an Illinois corporation; Interstate Gaming Services, Inc., an Illinois corporation; Progressive Distribution Systems, Inc., a Minnesota corporation; Sodak Gaming Supplies, Inc., a South Dakota corporation; Tribal Gaming Supply, Inc., an Illinois corporation; Grand Casinos of Wisconsin, Inc.-Lac Courte Oreilles, a Minnesota corporation; Grand Casinos, Inc., a Minnesota corporation; Mille Lacs Gaming Corporation, a Minnesota corporation; Mille Lacs Partnership, a limited partnership; Hinkley Partnership, a limited partnership; John Doe Corporation; and John Doe and Mary Roe, individuals, Appellees. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ex rel. Glenn A. Hall; Michael A. Mapes; and Fred Tribble, Appellants, v. ALLIED GAMES, INC., a Wisconsin States corporation; Thomas N. Theisen, individually, doing business as Minnesota. Theisen Vending; International Gaming Management, Inc., a Minnesota corporation; GMT Management Company, a Minnesota corporation; 1002 Distributing, Inc., an Illinois corporation, also known as Ten '0 Two Distributing, Inc.; Tribal Gaming Supply, Inc., an Illinois corporation; John Doe Corporation; and John Doe and Mary Roe, individuals, Appellees. . Submitted: |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Eighth Circuit |
Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge, LIVELY, * Senior Circuit Judge, and FAGG, Circuit Judge.
This is an action under 25 U.S.C. Sec. 81 and other related statutes seeking a declaration that certain contracts related to Indian gaming operations are void for failure to comply with the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 25 U.S.C. Secs. 2701-21, and other statutes. The action is brought in the name of the United States, on the relation of various named parties. The relators are private citizens, and the defendants are various providers of goods and services to Indian tribes which are conducting gaming operations. The tribes are in Minnesota and Wisconsin. They have not been made parties to the case.
The District Court 1 dismissed the complaint, holding, among other things, that the case (or, as we should say, cases, for a number of actions were filed) must be dismissed for failure to join indispensable parties. In the view of the District Court, "the Indian tribes who are parties to the agreements and transactions at issue are necessary...
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