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Michigan court rules against casino foes1 June 2007MICHIGAN -- As reported by the South Bend Tribune: "Michigan's Indian tribes, including the Dowagiac-based Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, had reason to be happy Thursday after the Michigan Supreme Court ruled against an anti-casino group's attempt to invalidate the state's gaming compacts with the tribes. "The court's 5-2 decision appeared to eliminate the final legal hurdle to the Pokagon Band's Four Winds Casino Resort near New Buffalo. Ground was broken a year ago on the $400 million development, and an August opening is anticipated. "...Earlier, TOMAC also lost a battle in federal court over the casino. Its lawsuits, however, succeeded in delaying for five years the start of the casino's construction..." |