“With that, they issued instructions to lower courts to dismiss the case,” he told tribal members, according to Tahlequah Daily Press.
The news was delivered to UKB’s Tribal Council by chief Joe Bunch in a meeting on May 7. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals has now ruled “moot” a dispute between the UKB, Cherokee Nation, and the U.S. Oklahoma tribe United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians is now one step closer to reopening and rebuilding their abandoned casino in Tahlequah after a favorable court decision, local media reports.
