U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson recently dismissed the lawsuit brought by the Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma seeking to build a casino in the Wichita suburb of Park, Kansas. U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson ordered the tribe to show cause why the court should not dismiss as moot the lawsuit’s remaining claim of unreasonable delay.
Earlier, the U.S. Department of Interior had notified the court that it rejected the tribe’s application to take the Park City land into trust so the tribe could develop a casino there. The tribe agreed with the government that the last claim in its lawsuit should be dismissed.
Last year Robinson ruled the decision regarding the tribe’s application was up to the Interior Department. But she retained jurisdiction in the matter to make sure the department processed the application in a timely manner.
In its latest action, the tribe said the Interior Department decision gave the allowed it to submit a new application that would address accounting issues that led to the denial of the land-to-trust application.
