“To the extent that a separate Florida statute (as distinct from the compact) authorizes the Seminole Tribe – and only the Seminole Tribe – to conduct certain off-reservation gaming operations in Florida, the state law raises serious equal protection issues,” Kavanaugh said in the Supreme Court’s decision.īut he also noted that the application to the high court did not bring up the constitutionality of the Florida state law underlying the compact. Supreme Court justices denied the application for a stay made by West Flagler Associates and other pari-mutuels, Justice Brett Kavanaugh brought up some potential federal legal issues related to the gaming compact, which was approved by state officials in 2021. “By working together, the tribe, the state and the federal government achieved a historic legal victory.”Īlthough U.S. Department of Justice for defending our compact,” Marcellus Osceola Jr., chairman of the Seminole Tribe, said in a prepared statement. “The Seminole Tribe thanks the state of Florida, the U.S. 1 news release that in December it will roll out craps, roulette and sports betting at its six casinos statewide Supreme Court decision denying a bid by pari-mutuel companies to put a hold on the state’s multibillion-dollar gaming compact with the tribe. The Seminole Tribe of Florida will move forward on expanded casino gambling in the wake of a U.S.
