The judge dismissed all eight claims against Qualls and Holden and ruled the fine hadn’t been authorized by tribal ordinance or by the commission\u2019s bylaws. That\u2019s because \u201cneither identified any amount of potential fine or method of calculation as required by federal, state or tribal constitutions.\u201d<\/p>\n
Based on the failure to specify the amount of potential fines or a method of calculation, the Peoria Tribe Gaming Commission lacked jurisdiction to issue any fine against either defendant, and the unauthorized fines which plaintiff seeks to collect in this action therefore violate due process,\u201d continued Canavan.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Holden told Tulsa World<\/em> that the litigation had ruined his life.<\/p>\n\u201cI\u2019ve lost everything I own,\u201d he said. \u201cEverything. Home. Marriage. Every dollar. And there\u2019s no recourse because they have sovereign immunity.\u201d<\/p>\n
A lawyer for the Peoria, Mike McBride III, said the tribe believes the case was \u201cwrongly decided\u201d and intends to appeal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Peoria tribe of Oklahoma\u2019s gaming commission can’t levy a fine of $2 million on a casino management company it accused of \u201cunjust enrichment,\u201d a judge has ruled. Pottawatomie County District Judge John Canavan determined that the gaming commission \u201clacked jurisdiction\u201d to fine Direct Enterprise Development LLC (DED), which managed the tribe\u2019s Buffalo Run Casino […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":284281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,84511,18456],"tags":[87418,83001,81917,87417],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Peoria Tribe Can\u2019t Fine Casino Management Company $2M<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n