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FireKeepers casino clear legal hurdle5 July 2007MICHIGAN -- As reported by the Kalamazoo Gazette: "Supporters of a $270 million casino in Calhoun County are looking forward to breaking ground, after winning what they believe was their final legal battle Tuesday. "The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia dismissed the last legal challenge to the FireKeepers Casino planned for Emmett Township near Battle Creek. ...Citizens Exposing Truth About Casinos had sued to block the FireKeepers Casino, challenging whether the parcel of land where it would be built qualified for such use under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. ...Huron Band Tribal Chairperson Laura W. Spurr said in a prepared statement: `We are one step closer to self sufficiency -- One step closer to providing housing, health care and educational opportunities for our tribal members.'..." |