Decided October 5 1981 End date 1981 | Dissent Paul Hitch Roney | |
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Full case name SEMINOLE TRIBE OF FLORIDA, an Organized Tribe of Indians, as recognized under and by the Laws of the United States, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert BUTTERWORTH, the duly elected Sheriff of Broward County, Florida, Defendant-Appellant. Judge(s) sitting Lewis R. Morgan, Paul Hitch Roney, and Phyllis A. Kravitch Court United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit People also search for California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, Bryan v. Itasca County, Worcester v. Georgia | ||
Seminole Tribe v. Butterworth was a 1981 court case before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. It allowed the Seminole Tribe of Florida to conduct a gaming enterprise in Florida, and was a major U.S. court case protecting Indian gaming, and helped pave the way for Indian gaming, although it brought up the issue of implicit divestiture, a judicial issue concerning the rights of indigenous sovereignty within the United States federal trust.
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