Supreme Court May Hear Wisconsin Versus Ho-Chunk

Fri, Jul 31, 2015

The U.S Supreme Court may be the last stop for Wisconsin versus the Ho-Chunk Nation. State Attorney General Brad Schimel asked the high court to consider his appeal of a federal court ruling that said the tribe can offer video poker at its Madison casino. Schimel claims tribe's compact prohibits the game.

Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel recently took his case against the Ho-Chunk Nation to the U.S. Supreme Court. Schimel asked the high court to hear his appeal of a federal court ruling allowing the Ho-Chunk tribe to offer video poker at their Ho-Chunk Gaming Madison casino.

The Wisconsin Department of Justice had argued that video poker offered at the facility is a Class III card game and therefore prohibited under the tribe’s gambling compact. In April, the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals reversed a lower court ruling and declared the video poker offered at the casino was legal. The appeals court claimed the state has to criminalize a gambling activity before it can ban the tribe from offering it.

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