Seminole Tribe v. Butterworth
| Seminole Tribe v. Butterworth | |
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| Court | United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit |
| Full case name | SEMINOLE TRIBE OF FLORIDA, an Organized Tribe of Indians, as recognized under and by the Laws of the United States, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert BUTTERWORTH, the duly elected Sheriff of Broward County, Florida, Defendant-Appellant. |
| Decided | October 5 1981 |
| Court membership | |
| Judge(s) sitting | Lewis R. Morgan, Paul Hitch Roney, and Phyllis A. Kravitch |
| Dissent | Paul Hitch Roney |
Seminole Tribe v. Butterworth was a 1981 court case before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. It allowed the Seminole Tribe of Florida to conduct a gaming enterprise in Florida, and was a major U.S. court case protecting Indian gaming, and helped pave the way for Indian gaming, although it brought up the issue of implicit divestiture, a judicial issue concerning the rights of indigenous sovereignty within the United States federal trust.
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